In today's newsletter:

— Noah's PFW report 

— Long live the pimple patch 

— Sarah Burton's tracksuits

— The rise of the stylish boxer

BEHIND THE SCENES

Now that the dust has settled from Pitti and PFW, editor-in-chief Noah Johnson takes a moment to divine the runway tea leaves in his latest column. The most exciting revelation, especially from Paris, isn't the rise or fall of some micro-trend (though we at Highsnobiety still did identify a few for you to keep an eye on), but the sense of arrival of a fully articulated "look" for menswear today.   

"For the last ten years, it's been like, 'What's going to be next? What will all of this lead to?'" Noah notes. Now we know. Across the clothes proposed by everyone from Dior to Louis Vuitton, AURALEE to Soshiotsuki,  the new look for menswear isn't nailed down to a single silhouette. Instead, it's more of an idealized approach to the wardrobe, as embodied through details like asymmetrically popped collars, ties tucked into waistbands, and suits that fit poorly yet perfectly.

"It’s a look that signals a kind of life and the possibility of being the type of person who has a strong innate personal style," Noah explains. "It’s not a look about what’s going on in the world, or what fashion means for our times." Call it aspirational realism — a look architected not by any one individual, but arising instead from the hive minds of the best visionaries at work. For those in the business of trendspotting, there's nothing better than observing a glorious non-trend crystallizing in place. 

BEAUTY REPORT

GOOD POINT

— Highsnobiety style writer Chris Erik Thomas on the inevitable return of skinny jeans. We all knew this day would come, didn't we?

SHOPPER SELECT

THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES

SHAYNE OLIVER IS TURNING BERLIN FASHION WEEK INTO AN ARCHIVE SALE

The co-founder of Hood By Air (HBA) will open up his personal archives at the  Schinkel Pavillon art gallery. 

​ BOXER SHORTS HAVE LEFT THE BEDROOM

Based on everything else we saw in Paris, the humble boxer has become a vital styling tool. 

EVERYONE IN FASHION COULD LEARN FROM UNDERCOVER'S ARTIST COLLAB
Eleven years after the original Michaël Borremans collection dropped, the second round is just as much of a slam dunk.

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SARAH BURTON'S GIVENCHY TREATS TRACKSUITS LIKE REAL SUITS
Up close, the sets were even more technically impressive, with the buttery soft leather presented in highlighter-sharp hues of yellow, pink, blue, green, and red. 

ALSO...
We hear the era of Lemaire's Uniqlo U is coming to an end (Puck); Chanel bought Charvet (NYT ); and Diane von Furstenberg will return to NYFW this fall (Business of Fashion).