LANVIN Men's RTW F/W 2010 Deconstructed Jacket

I had intended for this Lanvin jacket to have been included in my previous posting in which I sang high praise about my recently-acquired cardigan and two-button jacket, but, after much debate about the fit, I decided to return it and go up to a European size 52. That said, the piece is extraordinary enough to merit its own posting.

Fit.  In order to fully appreciate the cut and proportions of Lanvin, the proper fit it essential, lest details be  stretched beyond recognition if the sizing is too small, or lost unnecessarily in rippling if the sizing is too large.  Come now Goldilocks, get off that big bed, walk pass the small one and go to sleep on the made just for you.  This jacket, fortuitously, feels as though it was fit just for my odd proportions: long torso, long arms, large shoulders: not exactly fit model.

Detailing.  Deconstruction, deconstruction, deconstruction--and, ruggedness? As the deconstruction is  pronounced and obvious, (I would hesitate to refer to it at all as detailing), the Lanvin aspects of this jacket render it much more pronounced and worked than my other more subtle Lanvin pieces (my graffiti t-shirt notwithstanding.)  But that's what makes this garment so unique: exposed/deconstructed aspects can be found along each side of the middle zipper, side pockets, under each sleeve and along the cuffs, along the top of the shoulders, and across the bottom hem.  The slightly cropped body and the wool collar gives this jacket a decidedly classic American 1950s biker-meets-football player letterman's jacket look and feel.

The color is a gunmetal bluish-grey.