LFW AW12 Menswear Day - T.Lipop Vs Asger Juel Larsen

ASGER JUEL LARSEN

Showing back to back, T.Lipop vs Asger Juel Larsen was a show that was not to be missed at the Vauxhall Fashion Scout venue at the Freemason's Hall, WC2. 

Asger Juel Larsen was up first with a storming collection that began with a spooky aural and visual treat of a Soviet army marching across gravel and then trekking in line with bayonets and traditional Ushanka hats. This opening made way for a collection that was dark yet potently addictive with a heavily Soviet inspired offering, combining the brutality (and hidden fragility) of war with a dark, romantic take on masculinity. 

Whilst fur Ushanka hats took the military influence to the luxe, sharply tailored coats and slim trousers made this look realistic that were detailed with zippers which highened this apocalyptic and aggressive side to the collection. 

Juxtaposing these looks was the Nu Punk era of the 1990s with drop crotch, urban influenced trousers, leather and wool panelled jackets and a retro Paisley print suit with matching shirt and tie - perhaps the uniform of the Nu Young Army of the coming social and economic revolution?

Overall a scarily accurate look into the future - past AW12 - with the dark, romanticism that should be in every ones wardrobe between London and Moscow. 

T. LIPOP 

Tom Lipop, or T.Lipop showed to the aural delights of Erol Sabadosh, one of the hottest DJ's in Europe, which set the tone for this visual delight of tailoring that captures the zeitgeist. 

Inspired by the historical linage of British fashion, Tom is brings a sense of minimalism yet luxury to the fore through techniques and skills that have made him a Selfridges Bright Young Thing. Not resting on any laurels from Sky's Project Catwalk but using his natural talent for crafting fine pieces, this collection was a vast contrast to that shown before. Not that is was better or worse, but this sense of masculinity was reinterpreted though leisure, protection and exploration rather than the former dark romance or Apocalyptic. 

Referencing as sense of military through sharp constructions, technical and sleek, architectural lines, this rigorously focused collection is for modern men that are quick on their toes.