“The GH man just got sexier and a little less shy,” Gabriela Hearst said of her fall 2024 men's collection, which had a lot more personality overall with slimmer silhouettes, lots of leather, and even a pair of bare midriffs.
Hearst pointed to several eclectic inspirations, from Jim Morrison to artist Leonora Carrington's 1939 surrealist portrait of her lover Max Ernst in a shaggy pink feather robe with a mermaid tail and striped silk stockings, which amounted to a more eclectic approach. loose, more fun and gender fluid. .
Although menswear represents only 8 percent of the designer's business right now, she gives it the same care and attention (and ultra-luxe fabrics) as she does women's.
In fact, he first chooses the fabrics for his women's clothing collection and then uses the same ones for the men's, so this was a small preview of what will be shown on the women's runway next month during New York Fashion Week .
“I feel very proud when I hear from factories that we are the only ones who never ask for blends or to reduce the content with viscose and polyester,” she said of the fight to obtain the purest and most sustainable fabrics.
Hearst has already dressed Gillian Anderson (the famous vulva-embroidered Golden Globes dress) and Lily Gladstone this awards season, among others. And a design goal for men was to venture into the black-tie GH version, which celebrity clients have been asking for, he said. (Hearst opened his first store in Los Angeles in November.)
His laid-back, rocker take on a cream wool cady tuxedo coat with white silk velvet lapels, cream wool cady pants with white velvet waistband, and a button-down shirt should give Hollywood something new to consider for the rug, and from an American designer too. (There is also an all-black version.)
A ruby red silk velvet shirt paired with matching wool pants with a velvet waistband would look good on “Saltburn” star Barry Keoghan, while Lenny Kravitz could rock gold leather pants and a cropped cream sweater.
The creative class also had plenty to wear during the day, including a fantastic tailored suit made from recycled cotton denim and a matching shirt in Hearst's slightly curvier hourglass silhouette of the season. His version of the ubiquitous Tech Bro hoodie came in soft shaggy silk cashmere, and the ever-classic camel coat, paired with a cashmere T-shirt and black pants, was top-notch boyfriend material.
“This is the outfit that every woman has agreed she would want to wear for her man,” Hearst said. “Pick me up and take me to the movies.”
