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have a different approach to designing menswear than their male counterparts? An increasing number of women are choosing to specialise in menswear – and doing so very successfully. Perhaps they benefit from knowing what makes a man look good through the eyes of a woman; perhaps they can be more objective.
I went to meet three designers at the forefront of everything that is good and exciting about menswear at the moment, mainly to ask their advice on how I should be dressing. If nothing else, I’m self-interested. The three are producing wildly different collections, but covering some of the biggest trends right now: sportswear, functional workwear and pared-back simplicity.
Whistles Menswear has only just celebrated its first birthday, but has already established itself as a destination for high- quality classics; Lou Dalton is a mainstay of LC:M with her beautifully constructed, often worker-inspired collections, and Astrid Andersen is pushing streetwear forward with her innovative use of fabric and colour.
Rosamund Ward
Rosamund Ward joined Whistles two years ago and set about creating its menswear division. When I pitched up she immediately recognised that my grey marl sweatshirt was from British menswear brand Albam. She worked there for almost five years and remembered getting the cuff detail made. No doubt those eagle eyes come in useful. She describes working at Albam as being a “complete education into the design and manufacturing of really quality clothing”.
o women have a different approach to designing menswear than their male counterparts? An increasing number of women are choosing to specialise in menswear – and doing so very successfully. Perhaps they benefit from knowing what makes a man look good through the eyes of a woman; perhaps they can be more objective.
I went to meet three designers at the forefront of everything that is good and exciting about menswear at the moment, mainly to ask their advice on how I should be dressing. If nothing else, I’m self-interested. The three are producing wildly different collections, but covering some of the biggest trends right now: sportswear, functional workwear and pared-back simplicity.
Whistles Menswear has only just celebrated its first birthday, but has already established itself as a destination for high- quality classics; Lou Dalton is a mainstay of LC:M with her beautifully constructed, often worker-inspired collections, and Astrid Andersen is pushing streetwear forward with her innovative use of fabric and colour.
Rosamund Ward
Rosamund Ward joined Whistles two years ago and set about creating its menswear division. When I pitched up she immediately recognised that my grey marl sweatshirt was from British menswear brand Albam. She worked there for almost five years and remembered getting the cuff detail made. No doubt those eagle eyes come in useful. She describes working at Albam as being a “complete education into the design and manufacturing of really quality clothing”.
o women have a different approach to designing menswear than their male counterparts? An increasing number of women are choosing to specialise in menswear – and doing so very successfully. Perhaps they benefit from knowing what makes a man look good through the eyes of a woman; perhaps they can be more objective.
I went to meet three designers at the forefront of everything that is good and exciting about menswear at the moment, mainly to ask their advice on how I should be dressing. If nothing else, I’m self-interested. The three are producing wildly different collections, but covering some of the biggest trends right now: sportswear, functional workwear and pared-back simplicity.
Whistles Menswear has only just celebrated its first birthday, but has already established itself as a destination for high- quality classics; Lou Dalton is a mainstay of LC:M with her beautifully constructed, often worker-inspired collections, and Astrid Andersen is pushing streetwear forward with her innovative use of fabric and colour.
Rosamund Ward
Rosamund Ward joined Whistles two years ago and set about creating its menswear division. When I pitched up she immediately recognised that my grey marl sweatshirt was from British menswear brand Albam. She worked there for almost five years and remembered getting the cuff detail made. No doubt those eagle eyes come in useful. She describes working at Albam as being a “complete education into the design and manufacturing of really quality clothing”.
