NEW YORK, Sep 6, 2007/ FW/ – Trust Daniel Silver and Steven Cox to titillate the imagination of their audience. Yesterday at Bryant Park, the design duo who were nominated for the 2007 CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year award presented some very innovative construction of men’s shirts and intriguing silhouettes that makes one go ‘ahh!’

Take the gold lamé short-sleeved shirt for instance. Proposed with an obi-wide hem band, it’s already an intriguing proposal for a man’s t-shirt. Then, the design duo decided to give it volume by draping and cutting. The seams were almost non-existent invisible except that the texture of the fabric showed that it was there!

Hence, one goes… ‘Ahh… there it is!’ while it intrigues you because at first glance, you might think that your eyes are playing tricks on you.

American sensibilities with European aesthetics has always been Duckie Brown’s strength, and this collection further exemplifies the reason for their CFDA nomination. If they get nominated again and wins, it will not be surprisingly really.

Because truly, though some European fashion pundits might disagree, Duckie Brown’s Daniel Silver and Steven Cox might as well be on the short list of menswear designers expected to take up the torch from Hedi Slimane as a revolutionary designer for menswear.

Low crotch pants, usually associated with ‘casual’ were made formal by constructing it with very expensive fabric. Then Duckie Brown turned around and styled it with a white tee that was untucked layered over with a soft leather bomber jacket.

While shirts and tees maintained a slim silhouette, the coats were given wide shoulders, thus providing contrast and perhaps a freedom of movement.

There is actually a long list of what is great about this collection that could easily fill up several pages. Suffice to say, Duckie Brown’s Spring 2008 menswear collection is the best proposal for the ‘menswear day’ of the New York season.