Week in Review | Men are the New Women, Mall Culture Rises in Brazil, Worry in China, Drama in Europe

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Week in Review July 2-6

From Pitti to Paris, Men are the New Women (Intelligence) “Men are the new women,” or so went the refrain of the fashion pack who have travelled from London to Florence to Milan to Paris over the last three weeks, taking in the menswear collections for Spring/Summer 2013. Forget the Beach, Mall Culture Rises in Brazil (Global Briefing) “In emerging markets like India and China, luxury shopping malls have often struggled to

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Versace rising, Milan mens wrap up, Tina Tarantino’s pink plastic wares, Galliano trial, Menkes meets Umit Benan

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Gaga wears vintage Versace in her The Edge Of Glory video | Source: Guardian

Lady Gaga in vintage Versace in The Edge Of Glory Versace on the march (Guardian) “Versace is having a moment. The label has not been hotter since the salad days of supermodels in sweet-shop brights on the catwalk and Liz Hurley in safety pins on the red carpet.” Armani’s Geometry and other Mens’ reviews (IHT) “‘Menswear is difficult — keeping things the same, but different,’ Giorgio Armani

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Value suiting, Online sales double, Shanghai counterfeits, William’s missed moment, Preserving Prada’s show sets

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Brooks Brothers Spring/Summer 2011 | Source: Brooks Brothers

A Hard-Working Suit (WSJ) “There are more suits priced between $500 and $700 that include features once found typically on more expensive suits: fine Italian fabrics, modern cuts and narrow lapels. The goal is to attract younger men who increasingly want the current fitted, formal styles as opposed to the boxy suits and more casual officewear of their dads.” Online clothing sales double (Telegraph) “Over a third

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Menswear goes formal, Gap for the people, Burberry’s digital China, E-commerce gains, Students rent the runway

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E. Tautz Spring/Summer 2011 | Source: E. Tautz

Menswear’s Formal Acceptance (WSJ) “Jeremy Langmead, editor in chief of the recently unveiled men’s retailing website Mr Porter, thinks the tailoring turnaround heralds a return to the desire for rules. ‘If you have parents who grew up in the ’60s and ’70s, they already rejected all the rules where dressing was concerned. This is a new generation who is interested in learning how to tie a Windsor

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An Inflection Point in Menswear?

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Band of Outsiders A/W 2011 | Source: Band of Outsiders

On the eve of the menswear shows at London Fashion Week, our Tokyo Associate Contributor W. David Marx considers an inflection point in menswear trends. TOKYO, Japan — On the streets of Tokyo, the heritage look still rules. The patchwork tweed jackets and rough wool bowties in the windows of “select shop” boutiques like Beams Plus and United Arrows’ Beauty & Youth continued to draw a steady crowd last autumn. But after two

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