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//DDD//General Idea Menswear Fall Winter 2012

Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor
Photos by Casey Vange www.figphoto.net

In a mix of classic menswear with utilitarian streetwear General Idea’s Fall Winter 2012 collection entitled “After Games” paid homage to the hockey games of the 1968 Olympics.

Designer Bumsuk Choi turned out quilted jackets with silver hook hardware, sweat pants with knee padding color blocked sweaters and these functional yet 100% fashionable back packs that screamed alpine.

The whole show has a sportsman vibe from Varsity jackets all the way down to the Velcro tab sneakers.

The collection started with a base of navy blue and layered on olive, beige and orange to hammer home that 1960’s influence.

Favorites were the navy leather and grey suede jacket, the quilted toppers, the fleece sweatshirt and of course the sweat pants which will be stolen by every girlfriend who’s man is lucky enough to hang a pair in his closet.