5+1 Fall / Winter 13-14 Trends!

Want to be in fashion even if it rains? If yes, then you are going to love this post!

 We chose the most popular trends from Milan, Paris and New York fashion weeks for fall / winter 13 -14! Enjoy v&f x

[Leather] Yes leather is back on catwalks! Warm, fashionable and sexy leather jackets in a unisex colour palette are available almost from all designer brands! If you don’t have one yet you need to buy one ASAP!

[Roll necks] The best new fashion trend! We loved it! Chic, simple, warm and elegant is all you need for this cold winter!

[Oversized] You want to be comfy and stylish? Oversized jackets and t-shirts are the answer to this question! 

[Sportswear] We've seen them in almost every catwalk! It’s the new way of style! Bomber and baseball jackets are the innovation we've been asking from the designers all these years! Don’t hesitate to wear a sportswear jacket with more classic trousers you will look amazing!

[Capes] Just wow! Being able to go years back in history with one cape takes you to another level! Not many men out there dare to wear them but when they do you can’t take your eyes off them!

[Knitwear] You into bright colours or do you prefer the darker colours?! It doesn’t matter! You can find all the colours you want as long as you like knitwear! 

So these are the trends, we 'll leave the styling for you!

v&f xx

WIN A TOPMAN x DESIGNER CUSTOMISED BIKE

WIN A DESIGNER BIKE WITH TOPMAN

TOPMAN has asked five of the finest most promising British menswear designers to take a FOFFA bike and customize it in order to create a bike that represents them. Topman, through NEWGEN MEN and/or MAN has supported all the designers. From 4^th of November, these amazing bikes will be in the window of Topman Oxford Circus.

What’s more? Well YOU have the chance to win one of these one-off custom bikes!

All you have to do is spend £75 in store or online at topman.com, keep your receipt or unique order number and enter them online.

The competition is open nationwide - UK only and runs from 4^th-24^th November. The five lucky winners will be announced the following week.

Now let’s have a look at these beautiful bikes

AGI&SAM

‘We love bikes and we love yellow. So we made a yellow bike.’

ASTRID ANDERSEN

‘I found some images of Punjab basket teams from India. They were from the early fifties right up to today so the inspiration came from the crossover of how this was originally a national sport but as time progresses the whole thing became highly Americanised. The colour code and metal reflect the traditional Indian use of colours but in a tight palette.’

CRAIG GREEN

‘I wanted to make the bike as minimal and bare boned as possible. Almost like a prototype or functional piece of machinery.’

LOU DALTON

‘A Road bike was the obvious choice, my fella Justin Haigh rides out for two London clubs every weekend, most folk share their homes with either children or animals or both… I share mine with a fella & 3 road bikes and a Brompton… With this in mind I asked Justin what his dream bike would consist of in terms of spec & pretty much built the bike in & around his feedback & what was available. In terms of decoration, the bike actually looks quite festive, this was not intentional, I just played around with the colour palette available & liked the idea of a green tyre with a red frame, a black handle bar & saddle with chrome inserts. It was imperative for the bike to look strong & confident as it has an end purpose & is not just for Christmas… Though I do think it looks like SEX on WHEELS, a bit like my Fella…. HA.’

SIBLING

‘Firstly it’s the most upright bike on offer, we like upbright bikes because they have that old fashioned almost gentlemanly feel as you glide through traffic. We like to do things at a leisurely pace here at SIBLING, we are not known as racers. Racy when it comes to knit possibly, but racers no. Leopard was a why not moment, it’s what we are known for so makes perfect sense. That we could add flashes of SIBLING pink makes it even more ours. It’s like wearing a dark suit but having pink socks in our opinion.’

‘It was always going to be exciting to see what five eminent young men’s fashion designers would come up with when invited to design a customized bike in conjuction witth FOFFA. The results are as diverse as the designers themselves. From the intense yellow of Agi & Sam’s touring bike to Sibling’s leopard print city roadster these bikes are the epitome of cool.’ Gordon Richardson/Topman Creative Director

TOPMAN . 0845 121 4519 . www.topman.com

We absolutely love these bikes! Which do you prefer? v&f xx