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As far as the guys are concerned,
Kallis believes it won't take long for
them to get used to the idea of
wearing brilliant colours in the
office - particularly if they know
it's fashionable.
"Men are starting to get a bit
more vain ... and are starting to
look after themselves a lot more
than they used to," she says.
"} think the guys who really want
to do it will do it and the others
might take a couple more years."
Brisbane menswear designer
Andrzej Pytel, of Size Designs, is in
the middle of designing his winter
2009 range, which will have a
distinct feminine edge.
The collection will feature
oversized shirts to the knee, which -
could double as dresses, and drop
'I think the guys who
really want to do it
will do it and the
others might take a
couple more years'
crutch jeans, which Pytel believes
will make it quite unisex.
"It won't be so feminine that
(men) will look like they're wearing
a Pucci dress," Pytel says.
"It will have masculinity through
colour choices or graphics."
Pytel will show the range at
Rosemount Australian Fashion
Week's trans-seasonal collections
in October.
"It's pushing the lines between
femininity and masculinity," he
says. "It's more casual/party wear,
or special event wear, but if you're
an architect you might wear it to
work."
Brisbane shoe designer Chris
McCallum of Vein, in the TCB
Arcade in Fortitude Valley, says
knee-high boots are becoming
a big trend among brave and
fashion-forward men.
McCallum makes two
styles - a knee high
which retails for $349
and a pair of rugged
sounding "oil riggers"
that stop half-way up
the calf and will set you
back $329.
"The people who do
buy them, love them,"
McCallum says.
"They usually have
a bit more flair and
care less about what
others think.
"When I started
shoes in Brisbane,
there were very few
(men) wearing
fashion or designed
shoes.
"Now there's
quite a lot, which is
really cool, but
there's a lot of guys
who haven't tasted
the feeling of
wearing a really
hot pair of shoes."
While it might
be more difficult to
convince the man in
your life to slip on a
pair of knee-highs, women
are quickly taking to
wearing lace-up brogues once
considered traditional
men's dress shoes.
Shoe designer Andrew
McDonald has released some
great new styles with chunky
stacked heels in his new
autumn/winter collection,
which is inspired by the
glamour era of the late 1950s
and early 1960s.
"Women's shoes are
going through a renaissance
of classic English tailoring,"
McDonald says.
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