A masculine/feminine mix at Hugo Boss Pre-Fall 2015

For all the minimalist refinement, Hugo Boss likes to play with opposites and extremes, and this time around it’s masculinity and femininity: « It’s a houndstooth, a windowpane, a cuff-link, a white shirt. It’s about the codes of menswear, reinterpreted as the new codes of the BOSS woman, » explained Wu.

Those windowpane and houndstooth patterns, blown up to graphic proportions, were the key motif, appearing across slick looks worn with polonecks and modernist chunky knits. Wu stuck to a mostly monochrome palette with touches of bright tree greens, and darker forest colors for his jacquards.

The key shoe style was the leather ankle boots with a crossover strap which features the same cufflink closure as on the belts. The slick daytime tailoring was worn with minimalist sandals, while eveningwear options include masculine tuxedo-style separates alongside gowns and dresses.