Fashion: How To Experiment With The Oversized Look

Since at least 2010, menswear writers have been predicting – perhaps even secretly hoping for – something new will replace slim-fit silhouettes. It wasn’t until 2016, however, when the air started to change. In January of that year, Mr Raf Simons debuted his first menswear collection after leaving his directorial position at Dior. Simons is famous for drawing on the style of disenchanted youths, and that night, he sent models marching down the runway in clothes that looked like they had been looted from a high-school locker room during a zombie apocalypse. Lanky models that night wore clothes in supersized proportions: roughed up, moth-eaten sweaters that came down to their knees, dress shirts with sleeves that enveloped hands, and glimmer bubble coats made to look 10 sizes too large. By the time Rihanna was seen on the street wearing one of these giant puffer coats, which sparked a series of hilariously Photoshopped memes, it was clear that slim-fit supremacy had died. Six years after that show, it’s hard for even casual observers to not notice that something has changed. Over the past few months, images of celebrities wearing looser fits have rippled through social media platforms, as they’ve been endlessly reposted with glowing comments. Mr Colman Domingo in his flowing, mustard colored Valentino Garavani suit, which he paired with a glistening overcoat draped over his shoulders. Mr Jeremy Allen White in an alabaster peak-lapel suit made in a relaxed, but streamlined silhouette. And Mr Lenny Kravitz accepting his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame while wearing a silky dress shirt with a chalk-striped suit, which had flared legs that gently broke over his black snakeskin cowboy boots. You don’t have to throw away all of your slim-fit clothes, but the dismantling of slim-fit hegemony means men have more options nowadays for how they get dressed. If you’re looking to experiment with a looser silhouette, here are five suggestions on how to do so without feeling like you’re a kid playing dress-up in his father’s clothes.

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