Presenting during the inaugural New York Fashion Week: Men’s, Opening Ceremony’s designers Humberto Leon and Carol Lim offered up a Spring/Summer 2016 collection that they hoped would be a successful mash up of everything they love in one crazy, unexpected and unique collection. And they did just that. Men’s staples like gym shorts, khakis, tees and tanks were reimagined for trend-setting youth with just a little fashion and whimsy.
Cool guy band tees clamored for Tchaikovsky, Debussy and Beethoven, while punk-style patches found their way onto jackets and sweaters with words like “concerto” and “overture.” Large Bach patches were stuck on everything from tees to blazers, and could be mixed and matched with other pieces in the collection. It was cool, but subtle, and the juxtaposition of classical music with everyday basics added character to a collection that, most likely, could have coasted by on the seat of their wide-cut pants.
The collection had no definitive shape or silhouette and instead incorporated everything from wide leg, culotte-esque shorts to tapered and tailored skinny pants. A nod to sportswear was apparent in the collection as higher-cut, slender shorts were almost reminiscent of bicycle shorts, pinstriped shirts and shorts were given a baseball uniform cut and some bottoms were detailed like high-fashion gym shorts. But what kept it stylish was that nothing immediately seemed like athletic wear—even we had to do a double take—stylish patterns and fabrics kept it looking chic.
