The SA Fashion Week SS16 Collections – Part 5: Scouting Menswear in Association with GQ Magazine

Words by Ludwig Spies

Photography by Simone Oranje

Additional photo edits by Stuart Hendricks

 

The common problem with fashion writing is that we either overlook the most brilliantly conceived and painstakingly produced elements of a collection – or we ramble on, praising, criticising, fainting and gasping to a point where it’s no longer clear whether we’re talking about coats, shoes or an obscure branch of 19th Century philosophy.

So we set ourselves this challenge for the SAFW SS16 Collections: reveal the essence of each collection – in less than 50 words.

 

Floyd Avenue SS16

The winner of SS16 Scouting Menswear presented a relaxed collection of manzanilla-toned khaki. Apart from some Indian silhouettes, the palette, overall-style suits and leather strap harness details are solidly located in the safari trunk of a gentleman explorer.

DSC_0022

DSC_0018

DSC_0026

 

 

Hombré SS16

Poison green, black and snakeskin warn onlookers that a bite from a boy who wears this collection will take you down in 10 minutes. Dangerous, seductive and slick.

DSC_0326

 

 

Non-European SS16

The calm silhouettes and light fabrics contain hints of Asia and Africa, but the collection strongly hearkens back to North America before the arrival of Europeans. Feather accoutrements, and bead and embroidery detail around the collars adorn the garments with a dreamy, mythic quality.

DSC_0091

 

DSC_0137

 

 

Zamaswazi SS16

Zooty blocks and strips of colour, pleats, grid patterning, and unusual Springbok skin detail offer the perfect ensemble to the modern dandy. It’s uptown funk with a slightly inflated ego.

DSC_0229 (1)

DSC_0267 (1)

DSC_0239 (1)

 

 

House of St Luke SS16

This collection is a vibrant, heady mix of tropical prints and colours. Afro-Asian headdresses are combined with candy-coloured sport shoes and country club shorts. It’s the kind of psychedelic you’d expect from African expats on the Paris art scene.

DSC_0172

DSC_0181

DSC_0185

 

 

Martelle Ludik SS16

Dark, brooding fabric, dishevelled layers, tears and largeness create a heavy, gritty and aggressive collection that unashamedly seeks to arouse and challenge anyone who sees it. The collection boldly moves beyond androgyny towards genderqueer and gender-bending.

 IMG_2818 (1)

IMG_2828

IMG_2834

 

 

Rogue SS16

The winner of Scouting Menswear AW16 returned with another collection true to the post-apocalyptic, urban inspirations of the brand. The palette and cuts are cool, stark and functional, and this mood is entrenched by the plastic buckle-clip details. Grey concrete and windswept coastlines come to mind.

DSC_0445

DSC_0432

DSC_0428

DSC_0461

Author: Represent

Share This Post On