fashion forecast
These suit trends are celebrating their comeback in autumn
According to Alexander Davaroukas, a wide collar ensures harmonious proportions in relation to the shoulder and chest area.
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Alexander Davaroukas from “Monokel Berlin” reveals the suit trends for the coming season – including some unexpected comebacks.
When it comes to men’s fashion, autumn can also be chic and stylish. Alexander Davaroukas, one of the three founders of the Made-to-Measure Maker “Monokel Berlin”reveals in an interview with the news agency spot on news which suit trends await us in the cold season.
The color brown is making a comeback: “I found that exciting because it had been a very frowned upon color in recent years. It was the third office color for suits that nobody wanted,” reveals the fashion expert. The color offers a wide variety of possible combinations, especially when paired with another trend – such as a pattern.
Patterns set the tone in fall and winter
From houndstooth to “variously scaled, from super small patterns to really large patterns”, there are hardly any limits to the patterns. According to Davaroukas, in order to be able to wear such a “dominant” look, “a certain self-evidence” is required.
Influencer and styling expert Justus Frederic Hansen (30) shows how this matter of course works an Instagram post. The man from Hamburg combines a patterned flannel suit in the trend color brown with an elegant beige turtleneck sweater.
Davaroukas also sees a trend towards knitwear and comfort for the coming season: “Knitwear is now a topic that even the most renowned weavers are taking up.” Due to the increasing demand, his company even started to “build up knitwear programs”.
Wide lapel collars flatter the proportions
Despite the trend reversal towards more comfort and suitability for everyday use, clear shapes can once again be found in suit cuts. The narrow lapel collars are passé. Instead, the designers are back to greater breadth. “One sees much more the symmetry and harmony that such a lapel actually represents – harmonious proportions in relation to the shoulder and chest area,” explains the “Monokel Berlin” co-founder.
What Davaroukas is pleased about with regard to the new collections is the fact that many men are again daring to wear double-breasted suits – “not necessarily directly the end customer, but textile engineers and fashion designers who also specify design and layout for the general public”.