Design Major: Iceberg Spring 2010 RTW

-Iceberg continues to be one of my favorite labels. I liked pretty much everything I saw in this show, especially the checkered scarves and that ombre cardigan. I like that they mixed up baggier jeans with narrow and rolled trousers. High-tops with a suit is pushing it, but if you're young and steezy like me, why the fuck not.

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Design Major: Alexis Mabille Spring 2010 RTW

-Alexis Mabille gets the award for favorite designer I hadn't heard of until I looked at the collection today. The complete looks were all kind of amiss, but almost every look contained at least one gem item. I included the picture of the designer himself because his outfit is almost better than anything he put on a model.

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Design Major: Hermès Spring 2010 RTW

-The collection was a little boring overall, but present in these few looks was exactly what I've come to expect from the fabled saddle house: Simple, elegant, unattainable luxury.

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Design Major: Paul Smith Spring 2010 RTW

-This show had a lot of looks, a lot that I didn't like or that weren't notable to me, but I've long been a fan of Paul Smith. Although I'm a big fan of what Christopher Bailey has done at Prorsum, I feel like Paul Smith is the go-to for authentic London steeze.

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Design Major: Prada Spring 2010 RTW

-More 'shmeh' from the big houses. I'd rock those metallic trousers though.

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Design Major: Burberry Prorsum Spring 2010 RTW

-The collection was a little more dreary than past spring offerings, but I read somewhere that, fittingly, the economic times were a primary influence. Either way, the collection was sharp and seemed to me to be a little more aimed at the spring evening than a weekend at the beach, which isn't a bad thing at all.

-Photos by Marcio Madeira via men.style

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Design Major: John Varvatos Spring 2010 RTW

-Varvatos was a little underwhelming, but solid. Greys and muted brights, good cuts on the trousers, grey wool waistcoats are over, though.

-Photos by Marcio Madeira via men.style

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Design Major: D&G Spring 2010 RTW

-File the D&G collection under 'Things that looks kind of cool on the runway but I'd deservedly get my ass kicked if I actually wore this.' I like it, but it's easy to see that these are the kind of collections that the folks at Abercrombie look at for inspiration.

-Photos by Marcio Madeira via men.style

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Design Major: Dsquared2 Spring 2010 RTW

-I really liked the Dsquared² collection. They kind of played on the American outdoors/workwear thing (the fervor around which I'm quickly tiring) and twisted it, opting instead for a more dandyish, European backpacking feel.

-Photos by Marcio Madeira via men.style

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Design Major: Etro Spring 2010 RTW

-It's hard to get excited about Etro, even though I've been a fan of their blatant Italian garishness for a long time, because you pretty much know what you're going to see in every collection: Crazy patterns, ridiculous colors, etc. That said, the pieces in the three looks here are all things I would undoubtedly rock (that is, the individual shorts, shirts, that badass cardigan, by themselves, not the complete looks.) I just wish they'd tone down the outfits a bit so that one or two individual, provocative items would shine.

-Photos by Marcio Madeira via men.style

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Design Major: Moschino Spring 2010 RTW

-Moschino is the first 2010 RTW show that I really loved. There was a little punk element in a lot of the looks that I didn't really dig (and therefore, didn't show here) but the newsprint was dope, the bleach-(looking) splatter was dope, the paint splatter was dope. The narrow, high trousers kept the looks cohesive even as they wandered from minimal khaki suits to red, white and blue splattered blazers.

-Photos by Marcio Madeira via men.style

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