Christopher Shannon: re-worked luxe sportswear
A rising star on the UK menswear scene, Christopher Shannon made his London Fashion Week debut in September 2008 as part of Fashion East and Topman’s MAN showcase, after having graduated from Central Saint Martin’s with an MA.
He describes his own style as Re-worked luxe sportswear, tight colour palettes, overbearing prints.
And actually it’s what I thought about especially when looking at his FW11 collection, where fabrics range from clean nylons and cottons to heavily embellished woven blanket fabric, mixing black and colorful patterns that remind me of ethnic patterns of South America, and creating garments that easily start as a plain wool sweater, throug a Peruvian poncho, to achieve a nylon technical jacket, apparently without effort and in a very coherent way.
It’s impossible to talk about Shannon without mentioning his collaboration with Eastpak, that lasts since a couple of seasons. I love both the backpacks and bags created for the FW11 collection, a mix of Peruvian trims and neon vynil that recalls the 90’s, but also the previous winter collection that features heavily constructed backpacks with his signature mix of different materials, like nylon and plush-like fake fur.
Ariko
