Paul Smith’s 2016 men’s show was flush with lots of bold colors. The collection seemed to gravitate towards a clean, classic estetic for its spring-summer 2016 collection. In addition to the use of classic suiting styles from previous decades like the 1970’s and 80’s the brand added relaxed trouser silhouettes for a bold menswear statement. Mixing tamed traditional suiting with exuberant pops of color brought fourth a refreshing twist to a tried and true method that can only be described as fantastic and bright.
Music played a fundamental role Paul Smith’s men’s show, with a frenetic soundtrack drawn from Paul’s record collection.
The recent spring/summer men’s show was a celebration of independent thought and creativity. This mood spilt over into the show soundtrack, where true originals such as Ian Dury, The Kinks and Jimi Hendrix lent their sense of unconventional creativity to the occasion. With over 20 tracks crammed into just over 8 minutes of continuous music, the soundtrack was a blend of styles and genres, echoing variety in the collection on show, which had no fixed silhouette but unifying characteristics, such as the use of tailoring.
TRACKLIST
Congo – Dick Dale
Sweet Gene Vincent – Ian Dury
Set Phazers To Stun – The Time And Space Machine
New Kind Of Kick – The Cramps
You Really Got Me – The Kinks
Pretty Thing – Bo Diddley
I Want Candy – Bow Wow Wow
Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes
The Hardest Button To Button – The White Stripes
Live Like An Animal – The Slaves
Cavern – Liquid Liquid
Badder Than The Rest – Beenie Man
Have Love Will Travel – The Sonics
Tight Pants – Iggy Pop
Day Tripper – Shockabilly
Voodoo Child – Jimi Hendrix
Master Of The Universe – Hawkwind
Misty Mountain – The Silver Apples
The Union Forever – The White Stripes
Wir Bauen Eine Neue Stadt – Palais Schaumburg
Sweet Like Candy – Winston Williams
Johnny – Suicide
Domino – The Cramps
Young Ones – Formation
