Catwalk camp Menswear range steps back to kitsch

Catwalk camp Menswear range steps back to kitsch
Hadley Freeman Milan
The Guardian
29 Jun 2006


Designers, advertisers and many men’s magazine editors have spent countless hours and even more money trying to convince the public that fashion is not all camp and that Real Men Like Fashion, Too.



Sadly, many of their efforts will have been undermined by Milan menswear fashion week.



In the past few days there have been Spandex leggings with blazers, mini satin shorts and male models showering on stage. But yesterday’s D & G show managed to out-camp them all.



On a stage replete with teepees and smouldering campfires, male models marched up and down in impressively tight shorts with “I love a Cherokee” scrawled on the backside, drooping suede chaps affixed to denim shorts and suede moccasin boots.

Almost all were wearing mirrored aviator sunglasses, the crucial accessory for any self-respecting 70s porn star. And just when you thought the cliched homoeroticism had reached its zenith, a model came out wearing only a suede rag wrapped around his hips.

D & G is Dolce & Gabbana’s diffusion label and so always aims for the mass market as opposed to ... read more...