Dimitri Chris

I first came across Dimitri Chris at MFW in October 2008 when he presented the Spring/Summer 2009 Urimij collection. I immediately embraced his tailoring and unique menswear, versatile, classy, urban yet mature.

When I see his collection, I picture that squared-jaw gentleman, smells like Fahrenheit by Christian Dior, powerful, authoritarian but with a wandering eye...watch out girls if you don't want to get your hearts broken.

His 2010-2011 Fall/Winter collection: Master of the foxhounds calls for a reinvention of the traditional venery with a perfect symbiosis between the art of hunting and the art of tailoring. Looking at his garments, I am taken back to the Edwardian days, hats, vests, redingotes, suit jackets. Dimitri integrates lots of detailing in his designs with hidden buttons, integrated scarves, reversible coats and transformable knitwear.

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Philip Sparks

Philip Sparks is all about traditional tailoring twisted to create nostalgic but modern menswear. His Fall/Winter 2010-2011 Collection was inspired by Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. It incorporates nautical details, a dark colour palette and layers of hearty wool Melton, tweed suiting, duck canvas and double knit jersey. Full-bodied outerwear with quilted lining is refined with piped edges, bone buttons and suede accents while slim trousers and long johns balance the season’s silhouette.

I saw peacoats, lots of accessorizing with boots, watches, hats, gloves. Sparks made use of 3-piece suits, plaid shirts and had somewhat of a utilitarian feel to his garments. It was clean, structured lines with a bit of naïveté added to the mix.