Freedom of choice, it’s what men want. And what men will be getting for AW15. Especially if the clothing seen at the Freedom Hall installation at Liberty Fairs on Pier 94 earlier this week is any indication. Throughout the rest of the show, as well. The menswear we saw was innovative, from patterned lambswool gloves from Honns that work on touch screen devices to rain gear from Norway Rain modernized with cape silhouettes that included arm holes and detachable shearling collars. The clothing was quality driven, like the handmade bags at Peg and Awl, the handmade boots at Austrian-based Ludwig Reiter and the hand hewn knives at Poglia. All fit for the contemporary style freedom of today’s fashion fearless guy.
Poglia handmade knives from designer Max Polia
…knives on the metal from which they are cut and hewn
Ludwig Reiter handmade boots from Austria
Peg and Awl from Philadelphia use locally sourced waxed cotton, leather from WWII gun slings and sometimes bits of antique fabric from aprons or feedbacks.
Peg and Awl
Santorisan calls its handicraft “footwear with a soul”
Norwegian Rain’s coolest of cool poncho rain cape with sleeve-ettes and detachable wool shearling collar
Himel Bros. motorcycle inspired leather popover
Hickey Freeman’s new creative director David Hart amid some of his new designs
Hickey’s classic shearling goes rogue with piecinga
Hickey Freeman’s modern rain gear
New to Liberty, LA-based Honns — get it? it’s a play on HANDS! — puts its leather gloves that work on touch screens under glass