It's Greg Laurens need to know whether we’re man enough to strutt a blazer designed with ribbons attached to it. I'm sure you already know the answer to this one kiddas. If Greg knew me personally, there would be no need for a debate.
He is a Los Angeles based, former artist turned fashion designer, and also happens to to be thee nephew of fashion legend, Ralph Lauren. His first exhibition was made up of paper sculptures, which took inspirations from military/tuxedos/superhero costumes.
His paper sculptures later turned into real canvas-made garments pulled from his studio. The word started traveling and like everything fresh and innovative in the industry, those with tasteful and quality aesthetics, began questioning where they could get their paws on these far-out threads. And the rest is like we say, collection history.
Fashion writer Cherly Wischhover traveled to Barneys, to visit and chat with the man himself. His collection is being described as, "deconstructed" and/or "moth-eaten." But if you take a harder look, there is more than what meets the eye.
"Military is a huge motif, and Lauren constructed many of the pieces out of vintage duffel bags, some from World War II, so they’re all one-of-a-kind. A canvas tuxedo jacket with a crushed silk lapel that looks almost ruffled and a nipped in waist attracted my attention." Cheryl seemed to confuse one piece of garment in particular. She innocently mistaken-ed a tux jacket for womenswear when in fact it was the other way around.
“Tuxedos don’t mean anything anymore; the rules of wearing a tuxedo don’t exist. I wanted to create one that was the opposite of what we have grown to know and expect from a tuxedo,” the designer said. “So many of the archetypes I learned to love are so macho. I wanted to tear that down.” One example kiddas, is a "testosterone-heavy military jacket tie with ribbons at the wrist."
Noteworthy: "He also offers a limited edition run of shoes modeled after a pair of beat up classic English boots for guys and a pair of olive-drab knee high boots for women."
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