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The Relaxed Menswear Codes of The Season Blurs Identities

  • By Manfred Lu

The Relaxed Menswear Codes Of the Season Blurs Identities
Shot completely on a smartphone, the closing moments of Spring Summer 2021 is an existential proposition of relaxed menswear codes for the future of reality as online identities continue to evolve beyond one’s comprehension.

Pictured above: The form-fitting look of a Thom Browne suit gives way to the lightness of a Saint Laurent cotton shirt.

The Relaxed Menswear Codes Of the Season Blurs Identities
Not athleisure per say but the relaxed menswear look of a formal upper and downer with a casual inside. A Kenzo cotton-blend jacket layered over a Coach leather and cotton hoodie proves surprisingly simple with a pair of Hermès cotton-blend pants.

The Relaxed Menswear Codes Of the Season Blurs Identities
Louche menswear appeal, a Saint Laurent wool twill and satin-trim jacket with matching pants skims the body sensually.


The menswear codes according to Prada are an easy to ace act, a nylon jacket worn over a polyester-blend jacket; inner shirt non-applicable.

The Relaxed Menswear Codes Of the Season Blurs Identities
The easiest way to make any look more casual: a cotton vest worn with formal separates. In this case, the silk and wool separates are by Ermenegildo Zegna XXX. A flashy belt is optional too. This one is from Valentino V.


Shorts layered over pants: a pair of Comme des Garçons Shirt ones over a pair of Berluti cotton pants makes for a striking statement. All the more better with a pair of worn in sneakers/


It doesn’t get any better with the relaxed menswear codes of the season when one is wearing an Hermès cotton jacket and shirt.

The Relaxed Menswear Codes Of the Season Blurs Identities
A blank slate for a crafty piece of jewellery: an Alexander Mcqueen suit with a  Bvlgari B.Zero 1 metal bracelet.


Something worth trying out this season, a blazer worn backwards with the front mimicking a shift-like shirt. This look is from Berluti.

The Relaxed Menswear Codes Of the Season Blurs Identities
Slips sensually on and off the body, this look consists of a a Versace Wool-blend jacket and matching pants.


Photography Jaya Khidir Art
Direction Izwan Abdullah
Styling Manfred Lu
Grooming Priscelia Wong using Dungüd
Styling Assistant Bing
Model Erwin Canuela

This story about the relaxed menswear codes of the season first appeared in our May 2021 issue