In the world of men’s fashion according to Topman, colour is making an outstanding comeback; and after their show of layered coats and tailored jackets, the Boys by Girls team can’t help but agree: Next winter is going to be pretty damn cool (no pun intended).
With a steady build up of colour, the show began with a stream of boys dressed head to toe in clean creams and whites. Nice and wintery. Think snow. Think explorers. Think fur rimmed hoods and lace-up hiking boots. Think massive down bombers and parkas that girlfriends everywhere will assuredly be claiming as their own. Now build up the orange and red, times it by awesome and you’ve got Topman’s AW13 collection. We love. By the end of the show, looks had become more refined with darker, more mature shades of cherry red and burgundy.
Reece Sanders (FM Models) looks wintery cool as he waits to walk out on the catwalk.
Left: Lewis (Select Models) and Conor Doherty (Elite Models London) looking super adorable all Topman'd up.
After the show we caught up with two of the Topman AW13 models and familiar faces to us, Conor Doherty (Elite Models) and Simon Kuzmickas (FM Models). Portrait images below by Cecilie Harris.
Conor is already a Boys by Girls sweetheart and we wanted to hear all about his experience walking for such a super brand and collection as Topman. FM boy Simon, we met just before running away for Christmas treats in lands far away, and captured a lovely editorial with him. So something to look forward to for all. By the time we got to Simon just minutes after the show, he had already ruined his beautiful hairstyle created by the Topman AW13 team headed up by Matt Mulhall at Streeters, with a hat and cigarette in his hair. That's our boy.
Conor, what was it like to walk for the Topman AW13 collection?
It was my first big show, so it was really fun. I was a bit nervous when we were lining up, but once I got out there I was in my zone and really enjoyed it!
What did you think of the Topman Autumn Winter 2013 collection?
The collection was really nice, there were some lovely clothes there. The boots were very fucking nice. It was so warm as well whilst we were queuing up! haha
And lots of white, we like white!
Yes lots of white. It was more cream though, but yeh lots of that this season. And lots of bright oranges and reds. The contrasts in the colours was amazing. The white, red, orange and black.
Are you excited for the rest of today?
Yep, I've got another show as well today so I'm off to that in a bit. So now that I have one show under my belt, I already feel confidence for the next one and really look forward to it.
Have you got any fashion advise for other dudes?
Don't try to copy everyone else, be yourself and wear what you like wearing.
Simon, what was it like to walk for the Topman AW13 collection?
It was cool. I have walked for them before, so it was really nice to walk for this collection as well. The show was really well organised, this is my third Topman show I'm walking for.
What did you think of the Topman Autumn Winter 2013 collection?
It was really interesting, and there was some really lovely jackets in particular. Very cool.
Have you got any general fashion advise?
Be yourself and wear what you like.
Are you busy for the rest of this week?
Yes, I'm catching a flight to Milan this evening so should be a busy and fun week.
Images by Becky Maynes.
Portraits of Conor and Simon by Cecilie Harris.
Illustration & Words by Hannah Fickling.
