Fashion, you’ll be relieved to hear, is inching ever closer to normality. There were more IRL shows during the recent Spring/Summer 2022 menswear run than in the past two seasons put together, and the designers seemed happier too, with the vast majority demonstrating a renewed creative energy not seen during the repeated lockdowns.
The best news, however, is that the clothes on show were also considerably more exciting to look at, write about, touch and – the hope is – wear than the stuff which walked the digital and phygital (sorry) runways of recent seasons.
Thus, here at British GQ we’ve spent the past few weeks distilling all of the most important trends to be born of the forthcoming season so that you have a comprehensive buying and dressing guide when spring 2022 eventually rolls around.
From big love for sleeveless garments to the rise of cut-out vests, we’ve got you (and everything apart from your arms, apparently) covered.
Chances are that you live in UK, so you’ll know that most of the time the temperature in this country is teetering on the brink of being too warm for a coat and too cold for a T-shirt. (It’s the price we pay for living on an island governed by the whims of the Gulf Stream, people). Fortunately, the world’s savvier menswear designers have this season come up with the clever idea of creating coats out of cardies. Cardigan coats! Coats that are in fact cardigans – otherwise known as heavy-knit cardigans.
As comfortable thrown on with some Issey Miyake sweatpants for a long day spent working from home as worn over the top of a suit, the best could be found at Dunhill, where creative director Mark Weston teamed his nana cardies with razor-edged two-pieces, and at Jil Sander, where pastel hues were order of the runway.
