Style File: Boy’s Town

Style File

Boy's Town Feb 7th 2013, 15:31 The fashion-show season—which starts with menswear in early January and runs through March, when the last womenswear collections leave the Paris runways—is indeed a marathon. And, according to an article in WWD today, it may get a little bit longer. Steven Kolb revealed that the CFDA has been discussing the possibility of tacking a New York men’s week onto the calendar in 2014 (now that London’s launched its Collections: Men, NYC is the last fashion capital without a week for the gents). It is arguable that the shows would help menswear sales (the men’s buying schedule is different than the women’s, and showing during NYFW in February, as they do now, can be a setback). However, some, like Daniel Silver of Duckie Brown (a look from his Spring ‘13 collection is pictured, left) and Ralph Lauren, are skeptical that a New York men’s week could compete on the international calendar. Doug Jakubowski of Perry Ellis went so far as to say it was “unreasonable.” Even so, there’s always the philosophy that if you build it, they will come… Photo: Marcus Tondo/ GoRunway.com

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