DASHING Pomp & Circumstance: 2013 MENSWEAR (Photos)

Radical whimsy (“Short-suits”) and a English “man about town” savoir faire was the pitch at 2013's S/S Collections (presented Sep thru Dec 12).

Fellas, it’s as brief as this:

1. Suitings w/bespoke touches- Billy Reid's Peach & Tan plaid
2. Pant lengths are ‘On the rise’ (had to say that!)
3. Unapologetic masculine nostalgia: "007's "Gold Finger" ('60's)

LL COOL J's "White" dinner jacket, at the GRAMMYS, was the exclamation point! (http://www.eonline.com/news/386924/grammys-trend-alert-light-jackets-on-chris-brown-ll-cool-j-and-wiz-khalifa) -

MENSWEAR's defining moment was underpinning “dressing up”: the new dapper archetype.

"Dressing Up!" S/S 2013 Runway Report

Photo credit: 

Getty Images

LL theatrically nailed it. Thematically, ‘How to be a man’, defines 2013.