_Lanvin AW09

_"There was a pragmatic new mood at Lanvin this season, which had Lucas Ossendrijver and his mentor Alber Elbaz out working the crowd before the show. Setting the scene, I guess. "How to be real and radical"

AW09 is easily Lanvin's most impressive men's collection to date. While it retained the trainers-with-tux quirk that has been the label's influential signature, the Fall offering shelved the floppy bow-tie decadence and sexual ambiguity in favor of a more direct take on the twenty-first-century male. There was, for instance, a distinct military feel to the opening passage, with an army green double-breasted coat and trousers tucked into laced-up boots.

Sober, not somber—that was the way reality was addressed. The palette was muted, the monochrome option exercised often. Fabrics were the Lanvin trademark blend of traditional luxe and technological twist, often in the same piece."

By Tim Banks for Style.com

Easily one of my favourite collections of the season - above are my three favourite outfits.