The Phillip Plein Spring/Summer 2017 Menswear collection was a switch up from the punky spiked and superhero looks of the most recent collections. Don’t hate the player- SS17 is ballin’: Basketball inspired leather shorts, orange and black contrasting leather varsity jackets, hooded leather moto jackets and vests, bomber jackets, and bulky tongue and strapped light-up sneakers hit the catwalk. At first glance it seems Plein was marching to the beat of his own drum, but then as the denim looks came out a nineties nod becomes apparent. As with the superhero collection, there was a playfulness to the athletic stripes and mascot patches placed on blazers- it was sexy, young, sporty- but still ready to wear fashion. I loved the hooded leather jackets and vest, the contrast patch french terry joggers, tanks, tees… Fret not, those moto leather pants reared their heads again, paired with a star spangled blazer (stars like that always takes me back to Givenchy’s athletic inspired collection). Speaking of athletic looks, this collection is more athleisure and wearable than others we’re seeing…including those inspired by travel.
Jerseys and jackets were shown in perforated, top stitched, and honey-comb top stitched leather. Phillip Plein delivered season after season with a range of salable separates- as he did for SS17; graphic t-shirts, caps, hoodies, sneakers, shorts, suiting- it was fun yet wearable athletic-inspired fashion.
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Perry Uwanawich is an American fashion designer and illustrator- AuricWear.com; fashion, beauty, and lifestyle blogger at Subversive.Style; and Spirituality Lifestyle Blogger at TheGypsyMystic.com. Perry has a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from The Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, two certifications in Fashion Design and Industrial Sewing, and has a background in graphic design, marketing, journalism, and fashion design.
Perry Uwanawich launched two fashion collections, the first called Deity Greek Wear, while enrolled full-time in college, and the second in 2020 called Auric Wear available at AuricWear.com and on Etsy. While pursuing a Certification in Fashion Design, Marketing, Public Relations, and Photography, he became the Parsons Teen Vogue Ambassador and created multimedia content which was included in the course. He completed another Certification in Industrial Sewing and was placed as an Industrial Sewing Machine Operator in a Rhode Island mill, working in production sewing for Military, Bags, and Medical Health industries.
Perry Uwanawich has worked in retail, acted as a graphic designer for multiple brands creating graphic prints for screenprinted garments. His marketing experience spans several industries from Fashion to Media, Medical Billing to the Medical Field- he's created graphics, logos, digital and print media assets, designed and managed websites (HTML, XHTML, CSS, WordPress…), managed social media accounts, and created marketing campaigns and ad campaigns which drove significant traffic in the local and national markets for respective industries. He has experience with photo and video editing, re-touching, motion graphics, and also worked as a freelance makeup artist working in Beauty as well as SFX makeup.
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