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HIGH QUALITY, Thom Browne SPRING-SUMMER 2008 MENS 'RUNWAY PICTURES'

After the main European events are over, other relevantly important cities throw their own fashion weeks to celebrate their local market and to promote their domestic industry. Yesterday, Copenhagen’s own local fashion event which had Henrik Vibskov as the main attraction and also presented some truly amazing newcomers, ended. But as that one finalized, Stockholm gave birth to its own fashion week which promises to be better than ever.

Today was the formal opening day at Stockholm’s fashion week and Bjorn Borg’s own-name sportswear label had the delightful privilege of being the first brand to grace the runway. You probably remember him as one of the greatest tennis players of the last decades - or in other case as the famous tennis player who became broke and had to start selling his prizes to survive - and you probably assume that he keeps playing senior class tournaments just like many others. But that’s not the case. Instead he decided to launch his own label and try some luck in the tough fashion industry.

Even though he hasn’t go massive or anything similar yet, he sportswear label is quite famous in his homeland as well as other Scandinavian countries. His “sportswear” label portrays highly urban garments which are actually impressive. I mean, when I first found out about his label I was expecting to see the usual boring stuff; but instead I was completely amazed. There are many pieces that I would actually consider wearing when hitting the gym. The jackets are nice and hip, the sweat pants are SLIM, and he offers really short “old-school meets Stockholm” type of shorts.

After witnessing such a nicely conceived collection, I highly doubt that he is truly involved in the actual process of designing every line - his team does all the work I presume. Nevertheless, I have this crazy idea of him becoming the next Lacoste. I know this will ever happened, but it’s impossible not to compare his label with Rene’s. They were both tennis world champions, they both created sportswear labels, and they both wanted to succeed in the fashion industry.

Quite the hard thing to achieve, isn't it?

As NY Fashion Week approaches, it's been recently reported that Oscar de la Renta has set himself apart from the rest of the designers by refusing to host his show in the tents at Bryant Park with everyone else but instead deciding to have his show at 583 Park - and Park Avenue locals, though many of them wear Oscar all the time, are not thrilled to have a fashion show in their neighborhood. Page Six reports:

"PICKY Park Avenue might wear Oscar de la Renta, but they certainly don't want him throwing a big fashion show in their historic neighborhood. The designer recently announced plans to move his Fall Fashion Week show from Bryant Park to 583 Park, much to the dismay of locals in a tizzy over traffic and noise."

Yeah, models didn't look the same - a valuable video.

Look what I found, it's the New York Fashion Week schedule for the Spring-Summer 08 fashion shows.

Which designers am I looking forward to see? Marc Jacobs, Narciso Rodriguez, and Adam Kimmel.

Enjoy people

Source: COACD via The Fashion Spot.