Tone Shift: Trends from the Fall 2023 Menswear Collections

There was a tone shift this season at the menswear shows. In advance of the collections, I spoke to some of my favorite menswear prophets and experts, looking for a vibe-check. Most of them agreed that the fall 2023 season was going to usher in a return to tailoring, and that the overall mindset would lean into classicality and a renewed outlook on traditional elegance.

This was true of some of the season’s most-talked about shows: At Saint Laurent, Anthony Vaccarello established an uncompromising symbiotic relationship between his women’s and men’s collections, the decadent glamour of the former informing the latter, while Kim Jones doubled down on his romantic, couture-like vision for menswear at Dior Men with expressive cutting and sumptuous fabrics that set a high bar for the season. Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons presented a collection rooted in traditional silhouettes, re-cut as if to adjust to the modern “man.” And after seasons of playful and defiant Duchampian experimentation at Loewe, Jonathan Anderson presented a palette cleanser, too; formulating an essential wardrobe made of lush silks, leathers, and…metal.

If the past few years represented a departure from tradition—away from clean-cut tailoring, leather soles, and sartorial elegance—2023 finds designers eager to rework the classics, only now they’re applying what they’ve gleaned from fashion’s recent experimentations with queer aesthetics, womenswear staples, loungewear, and streetwear.

BY JOSÉ CRIALES-UNZUETA

January 25, 2023

Vogue.com

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