Until I get to see the real merchandise, I have a feeling this could be my wardrobe fix  (below) this coming winter. Balmain is so blah blah judging by the pix. What else, Raf? Yes, the bolero is so sick if it’s in fact in production and given the buyers in Hong Kong have enough guts, unlikely though. Lanvin? Nice, but not for me, I’m done with looking dapper years ago. Rick Owens is so copied, it lost its coolness slowly. Nicolas Andreas Taralis will be back at Joyce. New gent in town, Casely-Hayford is coming too. BTW, despite the improvement at their men’s dept, I can never shop at Lane Crawford because they never have my size. Can we at least get more size 46 skus, if not 44 (depending on the brand) in HK, buyers? The Dior Homme skinny boys are still alive, taking good care and staying in shape. They didn’t commit to suicide for the sake of Hedi Slimane’s departure, and I assume they are still shopping if the size is right.

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Balenciaga FW09. *all pix from WWD.