We do love a Bottega show here at The Established Man and as your man in Milan I am more than happy to frolic front row at such an occasion, Herald Tribune in one hand, blackberry in the other. Its not a bad life. Hell, the music desk at The Established Man towers are off to Glastonbury soon and I shall be Paris whilst they are knee deep in mud begging for a helicopter airlift outta there. Each to there own but as 'Our Man in Milan' I am here for some fashion forward, not camping in some old manky tent I last used when I was thirteen.
So back to Bottega, much more my sort of thing, Tomas Maier is always right on track and the show opened with the sort of wares one might take on a holiday to Kenya, deep greens and crumpled khakis hinted to a modern-day safari man, and then went a little Ibiza circa before the chavs moved in so whip out the tie-dye. This wouldn't be a Bottega show without some fine suiting and this must be the boys equivalent of Balmain in the shoulder department as Maier was obviously tuning our eyes onto the below the neck region; not in an eighties power-ballad kind of way though, more a subtle futuristic twist. Scarlett was the colour of choice and with exotic florals and a finale of denim's and deep blue tuxedos Maier seemed to go all over the world on a magical mystery tour with this collection. Wherever next?!
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