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The Lanvin Legend
With the legendary house’s recent collaboration, bringing haute couture to the masses via ready-to-wear items designed specially for high street giant H&M, Lanvin has set tongue’s wagging all over the globe with its avant garde attitude to fashion. The brand’s new 2010-2011 Autumn/Winter collection for the daring Lanvin man is the very definition of fashion forward, with a walk on the wild side luring all men into challenging the harsher, cooler weather in the months to come. Highlighting the very element that made Lanvin the catwalk staple that it is today - and has been for years - the Autumn / Winter extravaganza is an ode to technical prowess and cutting-edge finesse. Finishing items have been largely created from large, single pieces of fabric, which are then cut, folded, clipped and twirled to create the unique overcoats, trench coats, parkas and jackets on offer. Sophisticated yet untamed, military-esque yet with an edge of quintessential cheek, the aforementioned pieces make way for more adventurous attire, with ribbed leggings, oversized sweaters with off-centre necklines and hi-tech fabric peeking through random slits of otherwise cleancut trousers. A smorgasbord of material has been used to emphasise the eclectic nature of the collection, with wool and polyester set off by extravagant use of light chiffons, buttery soft calfskin and even python skin shoes for that added dash of foreigner chic. This fashion legend is officially a reality.