Amidst the current menswear directions of reworking classics and keeping things timeless and safe with more classics, suits, plaids and or the lived-out outdoor wear trend, Andrew Buckler pushed boundaries with a pleasantly surprising collection inspired by Jack Kerouac’s great American novel "On the road". Very much like the story of the novel, Andrew Buckler’s is an eclectic collection mixing and matching design elements that pushed sartorial boundaries and is aimed for the modern traveling man in transition. The show transgressed style and reflected the theme of man in transition not only through space, but also setting, age and time. The presentation started with a quiet rebellion mixing old-school academia looks with avant-garde artistic tendencies by pairing heavy cable knit V-neck sweaters with painterly drippy button-downs. In another look, one of the strong pieces in suit of the studied scholar perhaps lies in a classic double breasted peacoat with tough leather accents on shoulders, sleeves and belt. Mixing things up, other characters that come into play include the chic urban outdoor lumberjack. Aside from more casual roam-ready pieces, finely tailored gray suit with cuffed shorts worn over leggings and pine-stripe navy suits with a sleek cut and fit made to measure in Italy at Gansevoort Tailors by Andrew Buckler offer quintessentially classic yet progressive dressing for the black-tie occasions.
