Tim Hamilton | New York Fashion Week

Tim Hamilton | Hamilton designs for men in the same way other designers do for women. His collections are sincere proposals of new ideas and new garments that may or may not be absorbed into an already established system of dressing. With his graphic silhouettes, angular tailoring, and unconventional fabrics he makes an unapologetic and sometimes brash statement. And it looks just too good. Paneled trousers that shape to the leg, doubled breasted cardigans that nip the waist but soften the torso, and his insistence on masculine signatures like epaulets and rivets that frame up the figure rather than leaving it to a tired military reference. It brings to mind the work Claude Montana or Thierry Mugler who worked in a similar way. He looks to the past, historical references are plenty, but it can only feel like the future. It’s such a look and if anything it’s too much of one. Hamilton’s take on menswear is so wrought with his aesthetic it glares and for a practical man’s wardrobe it’s not the most digestible. Doesn’t seem like Hamilton is concerned with such things and that can only be a good thing.

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