Second year CSM menswear fashion students were asked to combine British tailoring and Italian fabrics to make one outfit inspired by 1960s' Italian cinema.
What started as a sourcing trip for Christopher New, the Central Saint Martins menswear tutor ended up as an irresistible brief for the second year menswear students on the CSM fashion BA course. New visited mills in Northern Italy with the help of the Italian textile associations and the Italian Trade Commission to investigate the fabrics that go into fine woolen suiting, shirting jacketing and luxury linings. These mills then donated selected fabrics to the CSM students to create one tailored outfit. A very specific inspiration brief was given; the style period of 1960s' in Britain when there was a fascination with Italianate style especially in menswear. Students were also asked to use films like Fellini's La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2, Visconti's Rocco and his Brothers and Antonioni's L'Avventura as the starting point for their British-Italian fused creations. What was already a detailed brief is made even more complex when students have to consider the finer details of the outfit; linings, pockets and all the components that make menswear a subtle guessing game.
The outfits were presented last Thursday at CSM's Southampton Row base and three students were awarded prizes by a judging panel of Francesca Serafine (Deputy Directory of the Italian Trade Commission), Andrew Davis (former editor of Arena) and Christopher New. Hampus Beggren and Pavel An were runners up and Rafael Cunha was the winner.
By Dazed Digital
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