Lanvin Menswear SS14: a fresh logic

Lanvin's new logic As the theme tune of Psycho blasted through the Ecole des Beaux-Arts for the final run-through of the Lanvin SS14 collection, we wondered what it could possibly mean? The answer, Monsieur Elbaz explained when we spoke to him after the show, was nothing at all. The collection was devoid of a narrative, free of gimmickry and Googled ideas. It was, quite simply, a collection of beautiful clothes for real modern men. Slim-cut jackets paired with wide flappy pants created a new silhouette, as did the micro shorts paired with outsize bomber jackets. There were sporadic pops of concisely selected colours amongst the largely black, white and navy pallette : raspberry, Prussian blue and dove grey. With flashes of sheeny vinyl and metallic eyelets interspersed throughout, it came together as a collection of fantastic, covetable pieces rather then an overall idea. Exactly as Elbaz and Lucas Ossendrijvee had intended. Nothing psycho about that.