BraveGentleman show at NYFW
New York Fashion Week – Brave GentleMan founder Joshua Katcher presented the brand’s Fall 2019 collection of made-to-measure, luxury suits and accessories made of sustainable vegan friendly materials. The evening was hosted by actor Alan Cumming who arrived in Brave GentleMan’s forthcoming burgundy chambray bamboo suit with a light blue windowpane check and a pair of The Weekend Sneaker, a minimalist, tan dress sneaker that emphasized the comfort of the suit.
The collection is the first luxury, vegan suit collection to be made from Italian-milled bamboo suiting fabric, which has a sumptuous, soft hand. Made in New York City at the sustainability and technology-focused Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator, Katcher’s collection was an homage to classic suiting, with garments spanning traditional dark navy, rich brown, bold blue, black and charcoal gray. Three-piece suits with slender pants and two-button, notch-lapel jackets were accompanied by matching vests and ties. A dressed-down tuxedo with a shawl collar made from recycled polyester sateen, a dressed up bomber-style jacket and a motorcycle-jacket inspired blazer with tastefully pleated, wider leg pants were a fresh take on suiting.
The presentation, held at the Mercer Hotel in Soho, was an intimate affair for the senses featuring live music from the meditative, baroque-pop Eüsh and hypnotic singer-songwriter Anni Rossi, vegan French macarons from Sweet Maresa in understated splashes of masculine color, and wine and bubbles from Whitecliff Vineyards in New Paltz, New York.
The sustainable vegan friendly suits, shoes, and accessories are currently available on bravegentleman.com.
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Thomas Wener is our Editor at Large since August 16th 2016. He is the author of the book "The Fashion Image" for Bloomsbury Press, London (2017), and an Assistant Professor and past Photography Program Director at Parsons School of Design in New York. The former owner of Thomas Werner Gallery in Manhattan’s Chelsea Art District, he currently lectures internationally on topics of photography, fashion, education, and contemporary professional practices, and recently lead a team developing a media and literacy web site and resource center in five languages, Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic and English for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations/UNESCO. Thomas has worked with the Department of State as a cultural representative in Russia, and been a photography consultant for COACH and Rodale Publishing, among others. He is a recurrent instructor at the United Nations Education First Summer School, and is presenting workshops on effective message development and communication on an international basis.
Over the last nine years his personal work has been Russia and Ukraine centric, spending an average or 70 days a year there partnering with 33 cultural, educational, and governmental organizations to develop projects in 34 cities. The focus of this work has been the introduction of the principles of civil society, the advancement of media literacy and contemporary education methodologies, and the development of creative cultures within the country. He has curated exhibitions in the United States and abroad, and his personal art work and private collection of Russian photographs and artifacts have been exhibited internationally.
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