Designer Johan Lindberg’s “new luxury” for Fall/Winter is a collection of layered looks. From the opening section to the closing section, Lindberg presented a sea of black and gray looks with a few tones of green mixed into some gray looks. One of the strongest statements that Lindberg presented this season was abandoning the skinny leg pant completely for a full/baggy leg pant. One of the standout looks in the opening section was a black wool full leg pant worn with a cropped gray wool-driving jacket. Lindberg gave the jacket a military style collar and molded the shoulder with a shoulder pad.

The new luxury look was not popping out at me, instead what I was seeing was a varied look of well dressed seamen with a disheveled artist. Lindberg did show several knitwear pieces throughout the collection, but one of the strongest trends he used was the glove. Another great trend is the knit cap, which was shown on most of the black looks. Black is modern but Lindberg really gives black decadence with his eye for layering. One of the standout black looks in the second section is a cropped black wool p-coat with double pockets. The look is finished an extra long knit shirt and baggy leg black wool pant. Another strong look from this section is a charcoal gray wool overcoat worn with a matching gray wool pant.

In the third section Lindberg started to add more color to the collection along with leather pieces. One of the great color leather pieces is tan oil treated leather trench coat worn with a brown wool pant and knit top. A great example of Lindberg’s layering that he used through out the collection is one of the tan looks. A cropped off white driving jacket worn over a waist-length knit vest over extra long light brown dress shirt. To finish off the look, a baggy pair of brown tweed pants.

The must have looks from the collection are to leather looks from the close of the collection. First a cropped black leather driving jacket with a straight tailored sleeve. To complete the look a pair of high waisted black wool pants with a double pleated. The other must have leather look is a black leather blazer treated with a sheen. To finished the look a pair of baggy black wool/silk pant, the silk gives a sheen to the pant. The layering is a highlight of the collection the leather pieces and pants are its strong points. The show closed with a female model, I am okay with designer previewing the womenswear collection by showing a few looks in the mens show. But I have a problem when mens collection is overpowered by the womens look or in this case closes the show with a womens look rather a mens look. Although Lindberg did not mold his collection on the new movement of future trend, I was excited to see his vision of give menswear a layered and covered up look. While introducing a new trend for the season, double pleated pants! Bravo Monsieur Lindberg!

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