Looks We’d Love to Steal From the Fall 2019 Menswear Shows

From expertly draped pantsuits at Dior to chunky (but sexy) knits at Sacai

Date January 22, 2019

Gender neutral clothing lines have become the norm as opposed to an outlier, and the merging of men’s and women’s looks into a single show demonstrates how the fashion week format is changing, but it was really this year’s past red carpet that made the best argument for the dissolution of binary gendered codes of dressing. In 2018 we saw Timothée Chalamet in an Alexander McQueen suit emblazoned with painterly florals, Ezra Miller in a floor-length hooded puffer dress by Pierpaolo Piccioli for Moncler (complete with oxblood lipstick), Troye Sivan in a see-through mesh top under a fiery red Valentino suit, and Chadwick Boseman in an all-white Versace ensemble dripping with gold embellishments and jewellery.

It’s a mood we expect to see continue right through to the future if the latest menswear shows are anything to go by. Sure, there were pin-striped suits and sweatshirts over shorts, but there was also intriguing draping, prints, asymmetry, intuitive layering and bold colourblocking, none of which can—or should—be classified as “for men” or “for women.” Click through the slideshow below for some of the looks we’re (mentally) adding to our closets this year.

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Menswear Fall 2019: Dior

This expertly draped sash/suit combo is bold and unconventional yet somehow still classic—a heck of a look either Lakeith Stanfield or Tilda Swinton would slay on the red carpet.

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Menswear Fall 2019: Hermes

This combination of teal and mint green is so refreshing we’d like to replicate it ten different ways.

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Menswear Fall 2019: Kenzo

We’d wear this plaid blanket coat cinched with a skinny belt over cropped trousers and mules to lift up a dreary winter day.

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Menswear Fall 2019: Givenchy

A trenchcoat resembling an oil slick never looked so cool.

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Menswear Fall 2019: Loewe

In the hands of Jonathan Anderson, a classic longline coat is transformed into a statement piece thanks to smart colourblocking and tasselled hems that mimic scarves.

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Menswear Fall 2019: Raf Simons

His tenure at Calvin Klein may have come to an abrupt end but this baggy sweater with photographic patches from old David Lynch films proves he’s still on top of his game.

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