NEIL BARRETT - Fall Winter 2024 - Runway Show Selection

"How does a modernist, minimalist designer like Neil Barrett adapt to menswear’s swing to old-school and outdoorsy elements like tweeds, loden and Wellington-like footwear?
Splendidly. His fall show was strong, cleverly incorporating small but evocative details from hunting and workwear into his sleek fashion universe.
Elbow patches slipped down and slid forward, adding a graphic zing to mohair sweaters and loden bombers.
Barrett reprised the tabs found on the bottom of hunting trousers on gloves, and an array of pant silhouettes, most of them short and hovering above ankle boots, a key shoe this Milan season.
Backstage, Barrett name checked two dukes: the Duke of Devonshire and David Bowie’s Thin White Duke persona as metaphors for tradition and contemporary culture, respectively. “The old fusing with new,” he said, adding that he was also thinking of how young men might adapt items from their granddad’s wardrobe."
Text by Miles Socha for WWD.com