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casual pieces that really stood out. Tactile leather bombers

with laundry bag-plaid patches came worn with muted

and trenches were teamed with layered knitwear in tonal

crew neck jumpers and jaunty neck scarves. Trousers were

“In these clothes — this modern attire,

shades, while shearling coats in burgundy and charcoal

wide, yet sharply cut from thick wool, and soft blazers and

looked indecently comfortable. It was the slightly bookish

oversized boucle overcoats had an appeal all Bottega’s own.

where uniqueness is valued as highly

looks, which closed the show that really captured the

The final stop on my magical menswear tour was in

mood, however. Oversized pin-cord trousers looked chic

Paris. Famed for serving up a meaty slab of ‘chic’ season

as ease of wear — men are encouraged

and timeless, while cable-knit crew-necks worn beneath

after season, the Parisian powerhouses didn’t disappoint

soft-shouldered blazers had something of the Bloomsbury

at the AW16 shows. First up, Louis Vuitton, where British

to dress with elegance ”

Group about them — a threadbare timeliness that looked

designer Kim Jones took the French capital as the germ of

expensive without feeling showy. Patrick Grant’s collection

inspiration for his 10th collection for the historic brand.

for E Tautz had a similar effect. Oversized trousers finished

Scribbly Cocteau prints adorned silk shirts and the silhou-

with many pl