Last week I joined Mademoiselle Robot & the lovely people from MCM in their Knightsbridge store for a preview of the AW13 collection. I’m a huge MCM fan and in terms of men’s accessories they are way ahead of the game and have been for years. While the rucksack/backpack trend seems here to stay there is absolutely no-one offering anything like MCM, from Givenchy to Raf Simons everyone else’s bags seem a little sad and depressed. I’ve never been one for subtelty or nuance (what’s the point?) so I wasn’t sure where MCM would go aesthetically as studs have been their signature embellishment for a while and it seems like everything on the high street has been covered in studs for the past few seasons even beanies (seriously, think about that). Well I never would have guessed that I’d be drooling over fur, snakeskin and bandana print bags but here we are.
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