After months of the “no pants” trend on women’s runways, it’s up to men to ditch their pants. A hair trend.
It’s here Fashion Week In Milan. Since January 12, 2024, the Italian fashion capital has been welcoming the creators of the moment to unveil their fall-winter 2024-2025 men’s collections. The most anticipated shows? Prada, Fendi and even Gucci, where Sabato de Sarno, the new artistic director, presented his first men’s show.
On Sunday January 14, it was the turn of JW Anderson to reveal his vision for next winter. The British designer, also artistic director of Loewe, was inspired by the film Eyes Wide Shut by Stanley Kubrick to draw the 52 silhouettes that walked the podium. Mostly men, and a few women, dressed in satin, cat-face sweaters and daringly voluminous suits. In line with the trend “no pants” (understand “without pants” in French) which has dominated fashion for several seasons, several models had given up on bottoms. Women in large knits and transparent black tights, but also several men, who had put their pairs on over smart boxers.
Tights, the new fashion statement?
For Jonathan Anderson, the answer is unequivocal: yes. So much so that the designer did not hesitate to bring a shirtless top onto the catwalk, wearing only black underwear and a nylon veil that covered her hairy legs.
On your feet, socks and fringed moccasins, so you can head to the office as if nothing had happened. So, could tights replace pants? What is certain is that the range of stockings for men is expanding. Some celebrities, like Brad Pitt, A$AP Rocky, Jared Leto, Pete Davidson or even Baptiste Giabiconi in a completely different register, have appropriated the skirt on the red carpet. An alternative edgyoften signed Tom Browne, in Bermuda shorts. In his fall-winter 2024-2025 fashion show, Jonathan Anderson also suggests that men adopt bloomers, these baggy shorts designed in the 19thth century so that women could ride bicycles. His are made from the same dull wool as traditional men’s suits and reveal satin ruffles. Underneath, of course, transparent tights. Winter is going to be a show…