Mens A/W16: Knitwear

Mens A/W16: Knitwear
Mens A/W16 offered up a plethora of knitwear options for the season;
from classic, mass market shapes and designs appropriate for all
customers, to niche and fashion-forward embellishments, colour
techniques and intarsia designs.
From the key knitwear themes moving throughout the season, it was
clear how each can be adapted to specific key themes, brands and
customers.
Cable Knitwear
Etro
Moschino
Astrid Andersen
Topman Design
Burberry
Chunky Cable Knit patterns in knitwear could been seen throughout the A/W16 season. Burberry took the traditional route, with smaller scale cables; while
Astrid Andersen and Etro presented single cable spirals in chunky and misshapen designs.
Ribbed Knitwear
Opening Ceremony
Christian Dada
Jil Sander
Ovadia & Sons
Lou Dalton
Ribbed Knitwear was seen throughout the A/W season, with designers offering a straight-forward knit basic. Weights varied, with designer Christian Dada
presenting light weight skivvy options – Jump to the other end of the spectrum, Jil Sander and Opening Ceremony provide heavier alternatives as key layering
pieces.
Waffle Knit
Cadet
Jil Sander
Hermes
N. Hoolywood
Lou Dalton
Waffle knits offered a knitwear option for the Utilitarian Sportswear and Weekend in Kensington theme, with classic knitwear options that with suit a
conventional customer. Hermes added an intarsia argyle design to their waffle knit, with contrast yarns.
Destroyed Treatments
Raf Simons
Topman Design
Miharayasuhiro
Etudes
Maison Margiela
Knitwear with raw edges, loose threads, large holes and destroyed treatments through took ‘worn-in’ motifs to the next level. These types of knitwear
embellishments with be key within the Streetwear Nomad key theme.
Chunky Knits
Christopher Raeburn
N. Hoolywood
Issey Miyake
Ann Demuelemeester
Berluti
Chunky knitwear in oversized shapes, long lines, thick yarns and are gauges provided knitwear pieces that fit in with oversized key shape trends.
Expect to see chunky knitwear styles within the Streetwear Nomad key theme.
Melange Knitwear
No21
Pal Zileri
John Elliott
Charles Jeffrey
Pringle of Scotland
Mixed yarns and space dyes made up a huge amount of the knitwear presented for A/W16, with macro trends moving away from clean, classic knitwear and
towards worn-in and individualised looks. Gradients
Antonio Marras
Richard James
Berluti
Todd Snyder
Plac
Colour gradients, typically in open cardigan shapes, created dip dye effects in knitwear for A/W16. Most colourways explored the grey spectrum, while Richard
James presented a bold red and blue gradient option.
Intarsia
Perry Ellis
Diesel Black Gold
Salvatore Ferragamo
Ermanno Scervino
Vivienne Westwood
Knitwear intarsia returned this season in multiple designs and concepts. Ermanno Scervino presenting placement skull intarsia, while Vivienne
Westwood, Perry Ellis and Diesel Black gold introduced all-over designs in multiple yarn colours.
Colour Blocking
Casely-Hayford
Kolor
Agi & Sam
Nautica
Dior
Colouring blocking in knitwear pieces was a bold and clean addition to the season. Nautica and Kolor applied colour blocking to mixed cable and
ribbed knitwear, while Dior and Casely-Hayford presented stripes and checks within colour blocking.