And yet, here we are for the brand’s spring/summer 2022 show.
In a show that used the phrases “tunnel to joy” and “urgency of feelings” as its key words, this journey was clearly a metaphor for people re-entering society after the pandemic.
As men are gradually coming back to their normal lives, they are grappling with a sartorial nowhere land: neither dressing in their slovenly sweatpants, nor quite ready to get back into their buttoned-up office suits.
We saw romper suits mixed with square-toed flip-flops, rubberised ‘flasher’ macs and crocheted Pellegrina capes.
Invented to keep the rain off fishers, it was later used to protect the necks of troops in the Vietnam war before transitioning to a fashion item for early hip-hop legends and Reni from The Stone Roses .