here, 10 emergent trends that well define how you dress in year 2009. please bare in mind that don't just adopt them all in once!!!
1/ liberty prints
thanks to the green thumbs of labels like Shipley & Halmos (pictured), Obedient Sons, and Liberty of London (which lent its trademark blooms to Steven Alan for shirts, ties, and boxers), look for flowers to have more power than ever in '09.
2/ unstructured shoulders
sport coats continue to soften up in '09, especially in their summer-weight incarnations. this example from Bottega—which is essentially crafted from shirting fabric—allows for maximum style with minimal sweating.
3/ perf's up
look for a proliferation of perforation in the year ahead, courtesy of everyone from Common Projects to Louis Vuitton. and that's just footwear. Labels like Duckie Brown, Gucci, and Hermès carried out their holy obsessions above the waist. (Just remember: I said perforated, not mesh.)
4/ backpacks for grown-ups
maybe it's because more people are riding their bikes to work, or maybe it's because messenger bags are just dorky, but we haven't seen so many nicely designed backpacks in a while (though we're going to go ahead and recommend you skip the bunched-up trousers look).
5/ featherweight windbreaker
sharp-looking, and as an added bonus, it won't take up too much space in that new backpack.
6/ separates
seriously, they're not just for Joseph A. Bank shoppers anymore. all-American names like Tommy and Ralph sent the look—by which we mean blazers paired with slightly mismatched trousers— down Spring runways, as did the suiting gurus at Zegna, seen here.
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