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Power Couture

Professional, tailored menswear signal return to classic authoritative style

Implications - Despite the recent shift towards business casual dress, more designers are returning to classic menswear, creating sharply tailored 3-piece power suits. The popularity of retro-styling and shows like ‘Mad Men’ may be influencing men to emulate the tailored and polished style of the traditional career man, who embodies authority, power and style at all times.
Trend Themes
1. Return to Classic Menswear - More designers are creating sharply tailored power suits and returning to classic menswear in response to the popularity of retro styling and traditional career man shows like 'Mad Men.'
2. Sophisticated and Masculine - Businesses that portray their products in sophisticated and masculine ways will likely appeal to many consumers, particularly formal or business-related activities.
3. Emulating 1950s and 1960s Role Models - Consumers are looking to emulate role models from the 1950s and 1960s, sparking trends in retro gentleman style, dapper menswear ads, and Mad Men-inspired glasses.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion and Apparel Industry - As fashion trends evolve to become more sophisticated, influenced by retro styling, and emulate 1950s and 1960s role models, the industry will need to adapt and provide consumers with products that meet these expectations.
2. Marketing and Advertising Industry - Marketers and advertisers should take note of the consumers' desire to emulate role models from past decades, as this can inspire campaigns that tap into these nostalgic references and create stronger emotional connections with their target audience.
3. Entertainment Industry - As shows like 'Mad Men' continue to remain popular with audiences, the entertainment industry can leverage this trend by developing content that connects with viewers' desire for retro-styled, sophisticated, and masculine storytelling and aesthetics.
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Clark Kent Menswear Ads
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Giorgio Armani Fall 2010 Campaign is Perfect for Your Alter Ego
If you're a straight-edged suit-wearer by day and a badass by night (or the reverse), you'll love the Giorgio Armani Fall 2010 campaign. Mert & Marcus shoot a wide variety of looks; some are demure and… MORE
Composed Menswear
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When it comes to fashion, we can almost all agree that majority of the spotlight is placed upon haute couture women’s fashion, but the Spring/Summer 2011 Surface to Air men’s collection certainly should… MORE
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The handsome Sean O'Pry graces Details October 2010 edition decked out and dapper in navy blue. Armed with the bone structure of a marble statue, O'Pry is the picture perfect man's man in the spread. Photographer… MORE
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Judging from the Gucci Spring 2010 Menswear collection, blue is back in a big way next spring. From jewel tones to soft denim, this hue grazed more than just the baby blues of the models that strutted… MORE
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The Windsor Fall 2010 Campaign Oozes Class
The Windsor Fall 2010 campaign presents a series of genteel suits, sports coats and jackets that just ooze class. Model Noah Mills is the Don Juan of these print ads, and his clean-cut hair and chiseled… MORE
Dapper Male Models
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This shoot of Halle Berry's babydaddy Gabriel Aubry in Details Magazine is quite fierce. The Canadian model poses in eight fall fashions in the men's mag, all while managing to look effortlessly cool.… MORE
'Mad Men'-Inspired Glasses
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The Randolph Engineering Ad Man Sunglasses are Super Dapper
There are a few ultimate men out there, and Don Draper is one of them -- start emulating this perfect specimen with these Randolph Engineering Ad Man sunglasses. A classic aviator style, it features a… MORE

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