Simon Spurr – Spring 2011 – New York

Simon Spurr’s Spring 2011 collection is clean, crisp, pressed, and well tailored. The understated Mr. Spurr creates for himself and his own closet, drawing inspirations from both Savile Row and British historical military dress.

story by Brandon Ruckdashel
photos by Adrianna Favero

Simon Spurr’s Spring 2011 collection is clean, crisp, pressed, and well tailored. The understated Mr. Spurr creates for himself and his own closet, drawing inspirations from both Savile Row and British historical military dress. This approach becomes more hampered by it’s nature than it’s presentation, as he prefers to dilute those inspirations. A suit, by definition, is “timeless” and thus a well designed suit will stay by a man’s side and hold his shoulders up as time takes its toll. All of the collection’s pieces were well executed with fabrics created under development deals and exclusive to the label. Mr. Spurr’s gaunt composition, however, cuts so tightly that the discernment of garment and model becomes difficult. Continue reading “Simon Spurr – Spring 2011 – New York”

Simon Spurr – Fall 2010 – New York

Is the London meets New York aesthetic a breath of fresh air to the menswear scene here in New York?

story by Michael Fragoso
photos by Martin Bielecki

Saville Row is in full swing with slim fitting trousers, big, logo filled bags, and a double-breasted aesthetic of the all together urban and tailored Simon Spurr Fall 2010 collection.

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