A new trend direction cropping up on the menswear runways of S/S’14 is that of prints which are interestingly sliced into horizontal stripes. A combination of the regular stripes that have been a staple in fashion overtime along with prints has somehow brought the creative technique of collage art into the eyes of serious fashion influencers. Still at a nascent stage, the concept is certainly new and inspirational.
While Givenchy incorporated the look in his Nerd Africa collection with shreds of boom boxes, reel-to-reels and home studios broken down into their component parts in consecutive rows, James Long used a similar approach by chopping bright coloured prints into stripes, and Agi & Sam’s took a refined take with the trend being used generously on formal suits. For the future, the sliced formations can not only restrict themselves to straight lines, but can also vary from florals to checks to mosaic cutouts. Undoubtedly ‘Sliced patterns’ are soon going to transcend from the world of art to fashion.
