duckie brown

The ring of the school bell after an exhaustive summer break definitely signals fall and winter. Perhaps that was on mind of Duckie Brown designers Steven Cox and Daniel Silver for their fall/winter collection that was peppered with backpacks, beanies, and a youthful proportion that was part urban sophisticate and part school boy on-the-go. It was a bit of a sober collection for the designers who last season showed voluminous pants covered in floral prints and Technicolor outerwear. The silhouette was slimmer and refined, which to me shows a greater skill in their ability to tailor and create a more classic look. Gray, black, and eggplant dominated the collection and was most attractive in a suit combination with a long sleeve top protruding over gloved hands. That interesting and now signature proportion of long top, short jacket found its way into several windbreaker over an exaggerated suit jacket looks. It's as if the Duckie Brown ideal is a boy dressed up for the first day of school in his dad's suit with his favorite windbreaker casually thrown over it and their favorite beanie to make it all their own. I'm not sure that idea is relevant in men's fashion, especially when other designers are showing more grown-up looks for fall, but I can admire a designer attempting to evolve their work into refreshing territory.