The Top Trends Seen on The Runway during Paris Men’s Fashion Week
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This year's Fall 2023 Men’s Fashion week in Paris has brought many trends toward the forefront as many designers are predicting upcoming trends. We saw many timeless and classic trends as well as new ones from designers on the runway. It was easy to see the influences of digital and technological sources in their work.
With fashion week ending soon, this is a roundup of the top trends seen both on the runway and through fashion week street style.
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Oversized Silhouettes and Tailoring
Oversized clothing was seen in several shows such as the Givenchy and Louis Vuitton shows. These oversized silhouettes were sometimes designed on streetwear, which is a style that isn’t unfamiliar with the oversized trend. However, this Men's Fashion Week many designers brought these oversized silhouettes to tailored clothing such as trench coats or blazers. This fall trend brings together tailoring and streetwear in men's fashion.
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More Feminine or Unisex Garments
As people discuss gender norms and what they are, men are straying away from wearing traditional gendered dress and opting to wear genderless, unisex or feminine clothing. People want to express themselves more and not feel the restrictions that gender norms have put in place previously. Brands such as Homme Plissé Issey Miyake used drape and length to create more feminine pieces for men. Many of their shirts were long enough to even serve as dresses or tunics. Saint Laurent created various blouse styles made of mesh or satin that are typically feminine clothing pieces that draped on the models and floated as they walked. Feminine styles are bound to become a new trend in men's fashion as traditional gender norms become less important when it comes to fashion.
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Streetwear
Streetwear has become more and more popular over the years in both mens and womens fashion. Givenchy, Rains and Études had many aspects of streetwear in their shows with their own personal twists and unique design characteristics. Designers have taken aspects of streetwear and combined them with the fashion influences that the brand is known for such as tailoring or pleating.
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Tailoring
Tailoring was a big trend seen during fashion week. Saint Laurent, Ami and Dries Van Noten had lots of tailored men’s pieces in their shows. Many designers created their own unique takes on tailored men’s clothing for their collections to offer something different for consumers to wear. Tailoring is an important and professional aspect in mens clothing especially in the fall and winter, but recently, tailored garments are becoming worn outside of professional or business spaces and people are now wearing them more casually.
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Maximalist Fashion Styling and Motifs
Many designers styled their shows using maximalist fashion motifs and characteristics. Last year, partly due to Tiktok and other social media sites, we have seen a rise in popularity in Maximalist fashion and influencers that layer lots of patterns and colors together in a cohesive and stylish way. Amiri, Givenchy and Homme Plissé Issey Miyake had lots of color and layering in their show’s styling that show the rise in Maximalist fashion’s popularity and the digital influence on the fashion industry.
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Bright and Bold Colors
Designers have brought brighter colors to the fall. Usually in the fall and winter, neutrals and darker colors are increasingly popular. Brighter colors are more popular in the spring and summer. Pastels and bold, bright prints were seen all over the runway and in street style looks. Amiri and Homme Plissé Issey Miyake utilized brighter colors for the garments in their shows to create head turning looks that are different from the typical fall and winter neutral looks we have seen.
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Monochromatic Outfits and/or Matching Sets
Recently, head-to-toe monochromatic looks or matching sets have become all the rage in the fashion world. This trend will continue into the new year. Brands such as VTMNTS and Lemaire had many matching and monochromatic sets in their shows which create more put together and effortlessly easy looks for people to wear.
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This fashion week showed strong promise for men’s fashion trends this fall and winter. Over the past few years, men’s fashion has evolved to become more expressive and experimental like women's fashion. Men are more able to express themselves fully without feeling like they need to put in a box of masculinity when it comes to what they wear. Designers are being more creative and use out of the box thinking when designing their mens collections. With gender norms loosening in fashion, especially with younger generations, mens (and men's fashion designers) are beginning to be more open and risky about what they design and style for the runway and this fashion week showed that.
