The New York Men’s Shows: Sincere, Inclusive, Politically Engaged

Topping off the clear liquid in his plastic drinking cup, Michael Kors signaled that it was time to get started. “I’ve refilled my vodka, so I’m ready to roll,” the designer said. It was at 11 a.m. on a Tuesday and Mr. Kors was joking. I think. From that point forward he was all business, presenting a fine and restrained spring men’s wear collection to a small assortment of invited critics and editors, as is his custom. To observe the intensity of Mr. Kors’s focus as he describes, say, perfectly proportioned wide-legged chambray denim trousers or a khaki colored tissue-poplin windbreaker/blazer designed for some imaginary moneyed young man on the go is to gain insight into a quality he consistently projects, whether on “Project Runway,” at an investor conference or in department store trunk shows: sincerity. And sincerity has unexpectedly formed a thematic at New York Fashion Week: Men’s, still fledgling in its third season yet defying naysayers by showing plenty of cause for its continued existence. Read more at The New York Times.