{"id":9154,"date":"2010-09-28T11:36:57","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T15:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modacycle.com\/?p=9154"},"modified":"2010-09-28T16:56:16","modified_gmt":"2010-09-28T20:56:16","slug":"john-bartlett-spring-2011-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/2010\/09\/28\/john-bartlett-spring-2011-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"John Bartlett – Spring 2011 – New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

story by Michael Fragoso
\nportrait by Sandy Ramirez
\nlookbook photos provided by the designer<\/p>\n

The John Bartlett<\/a> presentation was held in a chic West Village townhouse filled with various tail wagging dogs to greet the masses at the door. \u00a0The collection revealed a presentation of bright colors for his Spring 2011 collection. Looks ranged from extreme beach wear, tight speedos in khaki and olive green, to shirts and shorts \u00a0of bright orange and pinks that screamed tropical. After the pool looks, Mr. Bartlett\u2019s collection took a dressy yet casual turn with light blazers of denim and cotton with cargo shorts that looked simple, elegant, and ready for the Hamptons. The standouts from the collection were the shirts and pants printed with a camouflage pattern that upon closer inspection was revealed to be shapes of Bartlett\u2019s own dog, Tiny Tim.<\/p>\n

Bartlett himself explains the collection: \u201cI looked to the late 1970\u2019s for this collection, really with my favorite models from that era like Rick Edwards and Jeff Aquilon. We have the whole khaki story going on with a hint of safari. It\u2019s a true throwback collection with a nod to today.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A notable feature of the collection was the use of ultrasuede, a leather alternative, once made famous by Halston, that is now Bartlett\u2019s material of choice after recently having gone vegan. The looks are strictly pre and post beachwear, for the type of man that jumps off his yacht into the cool blue followed by a dinner at the local crab shack back on the mainland. Barlett\u2019s ultra masculine looks, with their almost tongue-in-cheek nod to the buff and broad shouldered tanned beach babes of yesterday year is sure to be a crowd pleaser from Ibiza to Miami come the warmer months next year.<\/p>\n