It's men's fashion week in Milan. Didncha know? This fetishtastic rubber trench from Prada is a standout. After the show, Miuccia declared men are struggling between fragility and power, "hanging in the balance... between extremes." Interesting. And right, I think. Tim Blanks witnessed: "All this and a gold latex coat: As the mannequin moved, it trembled, poised indeed between fragility and power." Navigating the gap continued on other runways. At Alexander McQueen, the clothes "defined a man’s body (as opposed to the slender frames of the 90-pound weaklings that pass for mannequins on many catwalks)" and revealed the male form in gauzy transparencies and oxblood spangled tiers. Men in crisis? Maybe. Or perhaps they're just exploring the scope of their sexuality in latex and sheers.
