Nic E. Rock: Givenchy = Diversity = Dopeness

Friday, July 10, 2009

Givenchy = Diversity = Dopeness

Yeah, yeah I know. Men's fashion week was 2 weeks ago and this week it's all about Haute Couture. IT'S ALL THE RAVE! But whatever. Sue me! I had to blog about Givenchy's (pron: Gee-Von-Shee) Spring/Summer 2010 collection. Givenchy's head designer, Riccardo Tisci, drew inspiration for his Spring collection from the youth of Morocco & Tunisia, 90's America, Axl Rose and the late Michael Jackson. Tisci was actually designing pieces for Jackson's upcoming tour and some of the clothes in the collection were designed for Jackson himself.

Looking at the collection I have to admit that while I enjoyed his solids, mesh tops & bottoms, and shoes/sandals (Sooooo DOPE, his prints are too dramatic for my taste (What's up with all those stars??). But what Tisci lacked in practical design he more than made up for in the diversity of his model casting. His show was BY FAR the most diverse of any menswear show in both Milan and Paris this season. Black men, hispanic men, biracial men, white men. He had nearly every shade of man in his show and hired 4 of Red Model Management's (my FAV male agency) models exclusively. I LOVED it. This is what fashion should look like and present to the public.

Here's a rundown of some of the models of color in the show and a video of the show.