As part of their fabulous menswear offering, my-wardrobe.com are publishing a complete guide to AW11 (Autumn / Winter 2011) styles.
To kick things off, they got started with Knitwear.
my-wardrobe identify four key themes that will be of most importance in men’s knitwear this season.
- CHUNKY - Ditch the fine gauges and ramp up the yarn count this winter. At its most extreme, knit savvy men will get positively Alpine in mountainous textures or North Sea ready in thick cables. And keep your chin up, as necklines are rewritten with shawls wraps and thick roll necks.
- FAIRISLE - Though it is the most remote inhabited island in the UK, with a population of just 70 people, you’ll be reading a lot about Fairisle in the coming months. It gets its name from the three mile long North Sea outcrop where the technique of knitting with multi coloured strands of wool originated.
- DETAILED - With knitwear in many ways replacing the shirt as the core item for men this season, designers have gone to town finding new and innovative ways to add detail. And by detail we mean pretty much anything that enlivens your V-necks, crew necks, cardies and more. Elongated plackets, leather buttons, braided sections, cables, multi pockets – and, of course, massive sequin skulls – are among the tactics found. Be as adventurous or reserved as you want.
- COLOUR - Colour, it can be daunting, but there’s really nothing to fear. Keep it unfussy with simple, clean lines and soft handles for an autumn rewrite of the summer colour blocks, and inject a sunny punch into the greyest of days this season. After all, it’s no different to that faithful coloured shirt you’ve had on all summer.
Here are our favourites…
YMC NAVY AND WHITE NORWEGIAN TEXTURED KNIT
LEVI'S VINTAGE RED 1930S REPLICA FAIRISLE V KNIT
POLO RALPH LAUREN NAVY POLO KNIT
JOHN SMEDLEY BLACKCURRANT HUNTER MERINO CREW KNIT
Hats off to my-wardrobe.com, for proving that there is a lot more to running an ecommerce business to “just being a shop”, they have clearly put a lot of effort into creating great, content for their customers.