Cutting edge, avant-garde menswear best describes the Spring 2010 Collections of Davidelfin, Duckie Brown, and Yigal Azrouël, as shown at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Bryant Park in New York.

Spring is about nature's beginning and pastel colors to celebrate the season, and for Spanish Designer Davidelfin that meant the liberal use of mint green in his collection. He took a monochromatic approach to styling for the season that included pairing a mint green shirt and narrow tie with slim pants, as well as similar monochromatic looks in turquoise, navy, and charcoal.

Definitely two of his more unusual looks for the season was a black tube top shown with pleated slim black pants, and what I can best describe as shorts/pants, and by that I mean that he had sewn the front of a pair of pleated and cuffed shorts along the seams to the front of a pair of ankle length pants shown in mint green, a look also shown in charcoal.

  
Davidelfin Spring 2010 Designs

The shorts in his collection are daringly "up to there" riding high on the thigh and are pleated and cuffed; with ankle length or shorter pants paired with monochromatic shirts with front vest overlays and a sweater vest featured Star Trek-like epaulettes.

 
Davidelfin Spring 2010 Designs

For suits, there was a mint green 2-button suit with pleated pants; a 2-tone suit that featured an ivory shirt top attached to a charcoal suit jacket paired with charcoal pants, and definitely pushing the avant-garde look of his collection, he featured a charcoal 2-button suit with one sleeve paired with skinny pants perhaps taking inspiration from the popular one-shoulder looks for womenswear. With designer Davidelfin's collection one thing is certain, Spring 2010 is going to be anything but dull, or same old same old.

Daniel Silver and Steven Cox the designers behind the Duckie Brown label, upheld their daring to be different style with their "Duckie Days Are Here Again - Duckie Brown Spring/Summer 2010" 23 looks collection. Befitting their signature style, straw hats were featured in the collection, however, this being Daniel and Steven, the hats were not classic Panama or boater styles that one usually sees in Spring and Summer, their hats were brimless straw hats with a crease for dapper style rather than for fending off the sun.

Duckie Brown Spring 2010 Design

Their color palette for Spring/Summer 2010 was a blend of neutrals of cream, off-white, camel, sandstorm, flax, champagne, caramel, eggshell, light and dark grey, tin, chocolate and dark brown, interspersed with colors of apricot, green, violet, pale pink, olive, and orange.

Duckie Brown Spring 2010 Design

Short looks included classic, pleated, and asymmetrical, with a more avant-garde look of bow shorts featuring large fabric bows tied at the waist in the front. A few of the highlights included a Khaki One Button Jacket paired with Cream T-Shirt and Khaki Asymmetrical Short; Light Grey Crisp Harrington paired with Black/White/Grey Check Classic Short, and Straw Hat; Grey T-Shirt paired with Flax Linen Wrap Cardigan and Light Grey Crisp Bow Short; and Dark Grey/Camel Check Safari jacket shown with Vivid Blue Short Sleeve Shirt and Sandstorm Tweed Asymmetrical Short.

Duckie Brown Spring 2010 Design

Swimsuit looks included Pale Pink Classic Swimsuit paired with Off White Twisted Sweater; Dark Grey Tailored Swimsuit with Pockets shown with Cream Short Sleeve Twisted Sweater; Cream High Waist Swimsuit; Pale Grey High Waist Swimsuit shown with Tin Linen Wrap Cardigan; and Pale Grey Tailored Swimsuit with Pockets shown with Eggshell T-Shirt.

Duckie Brown Spring 2010 Design

Designer Yigal Azrouël also took a cutting edge approach for Spring Summer 2010 showing an India Ink Removable Sleeves Trench shown with a Black Short Sleeve Viscose Jersey Top and Multistripe linen sweatshort; Artillery Washed Hooded Leather Vest shown with a Heather Grey Viscose Jersey Tank and Black Zip Leg Pant; Bone Asymmetrical Linen Vest shown with Black Short Sleeve Viscose Jersey Top, Raw Selvedge Denim Jean and Natural Washed Burlap Tote; and Mud Handknit Belted Jacket shown with Multistripe linen sweatpant.

Other highlights from the collection included a Smoke Wash-Dyed Sleeveless Jacket shown with Stripe Cotton Jersey Top and Imperial Blue Overdyed Cotton Shirt; India Ink Striped Gladiator Tank shown with Blurred Black Microhoundstooth Trouser and Natural Washed Burlap Tote.

 
Yigal Spring 2010 Designs

As always, remember, that when it comes to fashion, it is not only about what you wear, it is also how you wear it! Know your own style and have a fashionable season!

 
Yigal Spring 2010 Designs

For information on Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York or other Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week International shows, please visit the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week website at: www.MBFashionWeek.com.

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