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| Model walks runway in an outfit from the Nick Graham Spring Summer 2018 Atlantis collection, at Skylight Clarkson Square on July 11, 2017; during New York Fashion Week: Men's Spring Summer 2018. (Photo: Shawn Punch Photography) |
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| Model walks runway in an outfit from the Nick Graham Spring Summer 2018 Atlantis collection, at Skylight Clarkson Square on July 11, 2017; during New York Fashion Week: Men's Spring Summer 2018. (Photo: Shawn Punch Photography) |
Muscle, hustle, and escape were three themes that played out during New York Fashion Week: Men's Spring Summer 2018. It was a celebration of flesh to go along with a sense of travel, luxury, and ease. Some examples were the Nick Graham "Atlantis" collection, Parke & Ronen, and the General Idea fashion show. Each label had a menswear runway show that was held at Skylight Clarkson Square, located at 550 Washington Street in mid-July.
Was the city of Atlantis real or just a myth? That question was asked along with the importance of climate change in a video before the Nick Graham Spring Summer 2018 men's fashion show. The collection has 28 looks ranging from deep blue to red. Ropes serve as belts, with life sized lobster, crab and sea horse pins echoing the aquatic message. The clothes are great resort-wear and look perfect for a cruise. The breezy shirts and light suits scream fun and leave the idea of work one million miles away.
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| Model walks runway in an outfit from the Parke & Ronen Spring 2018 collection by Parke Lutter and Ronen Jehezkel, at Skylight Clarkson Square on July 12, 2017; during New York Fashion Week: Men's Spring Summer 2018. (Photo: Shawn Punch Photography) |
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| Model walks runway in an outfit from the Parke & Ronen Spring 2018 collection by Parke Lutter and Ronen Jehezkel, at Skylight Clarkson Square on July 12, 2017; during New York Fashion Week: Men's Spring Summer 2018. (Photo: Shawn Punch Photography) |
Fashion designers Parke Lutter and Ronen Jehezkel presented 50 outfits for their Parke & Ronen fashion show. The "collection draws inspiration from the lyrics of John Denver's song Rocky Mountain High, with an emphasis on the lyrics "serenity of a clear blue mountain lake". Further "...the Earth, nature and unique beauty of Rocky Mountain summer's led us to a create a collection inspired by the idea of Americana as seen through rose colored lenses."
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| Models walk runway in outfits from the General Idea Spring Summer 2018 collection by Bumuk Choi, at Skylight Clarkson Square on July 13, 2017; during New York Fashion Week: Men's Spring Summer 2018. (Photo: Shawn Punch Photography) |
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| Model walks runway in an outfit from the General Idea Spring Summer 2018 collection by Bumuk Choi, at Skylight Clarkson Square on July 13, 2017; during New York Fashion Week: Men's Spring Summer 2018. (Photo: Shawn Punch Photography) |
Creative director Bumsuk Choi also appears to pay homage to the earth's natural elements with his latest General Idea collection. Fire could be represented with his use of reds, water with blues, grass with greens, land with camel, and the sun with yellows. This 33 look set of men's fashion, like Nick Graham's was sprinkled with a handful a womenswear pieces. Some models walked the runway rolling or holding matching suitcases, which made to feel of travel all the more clear.
