January, 11th, 2014

MILANO MODA UOMO | AUTUNNO INVERNO 2014 2015 | LES HOMMES

Ducks. Foulards. Flanel’s. Un air de Chevignon ..

LES HOMMES st ands for the two Belgium fashion designers Tom Notte and Bart V andebosch. Both graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium. Tom and Bart form an inseparable duo since they first met at the fashion Academy of Antwerp. Both are very charismatic designers with a strong personality to match.

Before entering the academy bart already had an artistic background tom on other h and first entered university to study economic science after a year he started graphic design at and two years subscribed fashion/>
After working at Olivier Theyskens for three months, Tom choose to work for a commercial br and to pick up company experience. Shortly after Bart’s graduation they decided to combine forces and started the “LES HOMMES” collection. Tom and Bart discovered a mutual sense for fashion in particular and aesthetics in general. They share a hunger for beauty but in a very different way. They have two different approaches of beauty. It is in fact these different eyes that is the source of LES HOMMES, a collision of contrasting ideas and opinions.

After four years LES HOMMES succeeded in establishing an international distribution with the men’s collection. Today LES HOMMES is distributed in over 100 high-end fashion men s tores all over the world. The selection of shops are of a very high st andard profile which reflects the distribution politics of LES HOMMES.

The LES HOMMES – FEMME collection designed by Tom and Bart is a contemporary, creative women’s collection. The general idea behind the collection is a unification of opposites. LESHOMMES sees these opposites, these contradictions as a unity which really start to work once brought together. The silhouette is an architectural silhouette which is trashed up by opposite lines and forms. The silhouette is on the one h and razor-sharp, yet on the other h and elegant, nonchalant and poetic. Adding a reinvention of classic wear while respecting old tailoring principles LES HOMMES – FEMME create their own signature.

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