Versace Men's Collection spring summer 2010

Versace Men's Collection spring summer 2010 runway video

The Versace Spring Summer collection for 2010 sticks with the signature Versace style - clean, light and masculine in a covert way.

Light colors dominated the fashion show - whites, light greys and tan browns. There was an element of the bohemian in the clothes, emphasised by the use of several necklaces and loose but fitting vests. The bohemian was interspersed with flashes of military elements in the coats and overcoats. All lightly layered to create a casual look.

Shits and vests featured plunging v-necks to the stomach, so its time to start toning up. Even some of the casual shirts were sheer and slightly see-through. Not for the thinly challenged amongst us.

Double breasted coats had a military cut to the front, yet still emphasised the masculine contours of the body. Military patterns in greys featured in some of the t-shirts and some of the sleeveless vests were distinctly military in appearance. Leather over - coats made an appearance, necklaces layered upon one another featuring heavily in most models.

The surprise of the collection were the tunics - several were shown all stopping in length between the knee and hip. Tunics are one of those items that when worn with modern clothes either look fantastic or a complete disaster. Versace swung wildly between the two extremes, getting it right in a Saharan looking tunic and woefully wrong in a tunic worn beneath a smart looking jacket. Overall we like the concept, but it needs to be made more masculine. In an year when men are becoming men again and not some metro-groomed semi-female quasi like creation, creating tunics that reek of femininity is not the way to go. Tunics are fine and just what men's fashion needs at the moment, but lets keep them masculine looking.