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NYFWM: David Hart Spring/Summer 2018

by Tammy B
written by Tammy B

David Hart presented his spring/summer 2018 collection at the 8th biannual New York Men’s Day held at Dune Studios.  Always an exciting show, Hart’s premium hand tailored clothing offers a mix of retro with a modern day flair.  This season Hart channeled Cuban tourism or at least the idea of it as inspiration for his collection.  As Hart has yet to visit the Caribbean Island for himself.  He pulled Cuban references from music, photos, and cinema.

Hart did a fantastic job setting the mood, which was felt as soon as I stepped foot into the room.  The runway was lined with Cuban style tiles, there were the palm plants, palm trees, and music to match.  The collection was bright, colorful, fresh, and fun.  With sharply tailored clothing that we expect as well as sportswear.  There were: tropical print short-sleeve shirts, boldly striped blazers, sash-like neck scarves, Panama hats, and bermuda-ish shorts.  Pant suits ranged in color from cream, navy, and a sand-like brown.  Stand out colors was an orange reminiscent of my grandmother’s favorite sorbet, to a special kind of red that had me thinking of bloody mary cocktails on a white sanded beach.  The most memorable look for me, hands down was the mint green suit pants and matching blazer paired with a banana print camp shirt, ¡increíble!

Hart also showed two women’s wear looks that would pair perfectly with the David Hart guy.  The ladies wore pleated high-waist pants with tie-off shirts. The beach vibes were felt and I left the show feeling ready to pack my bags and head off to Cuba.  For any readers in the US that are feeling the Cuban spirit, you may want to plan a trip sooner than later considering Trump’s plans to pull back on tourism from the US to Cuba.

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David Hart and GARCIAVELEZ Present Their F/W 2016 Collections At NYMD

by Stephen Jones
written by Stephen Jones

On Monday, New York Men’s Fashion Week was host to the new collections from some designer staples. Sponsored by Cadillac, the show included the Fall/Winter 2016 looks from GARCIAVELEZ and David Hart. Each collection offered something interesting and unique, putting some variety into what can be a very drab and boring season for clothing. Read on to find out my impressions about each.

GARCIAVELEZ

Winter can typically be a drab and boring time for fashion. After all, how good can you look when you’re actively battling hypothermia? But the GARCIAVELEZ’s winter collection makes the typical blacks and grays more appealing (even visually striking) with his creative use of patters. Like colors at the opposite ends of the wheel, the patterns contrasted while complementing each other. Patterns are easy to gloss over; once the eyes get used to one, it becomes just another part of the phantasmagoria of the senses. However, the mish-mash on display here (say, a zig-zag coat covering a blank shirt) kept the designs visually interesting. One of the major exceptions was a shirt and pant combo that was all the same color and pattern: a sort of grayish plaid, making it look more like a hipster crayon than a sensible outfit. On the whole, however, GARCIAVELEZ had one of the stronger collections at the show.

David Hart

David Hart had by far my favorite collection of the show. If a major theme of the show was throwback, then David Hart took its most extreme logical conclusion. These clothes were straight jazz — checkered suits, Eisenhower jackets, bowties, and turtlenecks. None of the models here would have looked out of place in a smoky jazz club in the post-War era. The outfits were all fairly classical tailored, and the colors went across a broad spectrum — gray to red to yellow to blue, a presentation of restrained gaudiness. Now, were any of these outfits particularly “winter”? No. But they don’t have to be; they’re timeless in every season.

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