Spring 2014 Menswear: KTZ

East London Egyptians - Eastgyptians? - is how I would, and will, describe this collection. I imagine if the Ancient Egyptians somehow boomed back as a race* they'd be mega powerful, trend wise, covered in gold, have mad swag and probs be dressed in KTZ. Perhaps it is my absolute terror of people dressed in olden-day clothing that makes this collection stomping down the catwalk so threatening. Like when Robin Hood (yes in the Disney version when he is played by a fox - a lot of my friends' first crushes was this foxy character, not me my heart was reserved for Simba) fights the Sheriff of Nottingham dressed in ARGHHHHHHHH 19th Century costume.

*How? I don’t know how Scienceface. Um… because we dug up a new pyramid and when we booby-trapped our way inside the 5000 year old tomb, perfectly preserved in a vacuum (woah science word; hello physics and chemistry A-Level not seen you two for a while) that has kept King Papyrus and his bejeweled army frozen in limbo between life and death. Until we bust open their tomb and subjected them to the glare and smell of the glorious Golden Arches that now surround the pyramids and tipped their scales in favour of life.

Perhaps it is the hold that KTZ have established over the industry, Instagram and me in the last year that provokes the fear. Nah this only scares me in that I may not ever get my hands on a pair of their elaborate platforms. The threat of this collection is that it is part KKK (nothing to do with the Kardashians you child of reality TV, look it up), part suicide bomber, part Voldemort (see the black cloaked looks I need), part Mighty Boosh character and, to round off this motley crew of Halloween fancy-dress characters, a whole lotta gimp.

There's a lot here that's wearable; printed tees, pounches slung nonchelantly around the models' necks, characteristic puffa jackets and sports jerseys. Pieces that will, no doubt, show up on the backs of the influencial at next season's shows. Fashion should be something you've never seen before. Fashion should leave you overwhelmed, perhaps even a bit nervous, and definitely with a feeling of awe. I reckon this feeling is love, have a look and decide for yourself. 

 

 

ALL PHOTOS: STYLE.COM