RUNWAY: Marlon Gobel FW13

Marlon Gobel's unique vision of menswear has led him to collaborate with big names like Swarovski and is currently being named by Fern Mallis of the CDFA as an emerging designer. For FW13, entitled The Punishment of Luxury, Gobel looked to the past to help shape his future. WWI and WWII style military garb seemed to be the inspiration for many of the chic masculine looks, with plenty of evidence of Gobel's ability to tailor. So the question remains, where does the punishment come in? The answer might lie in the fact that this show, along with a handful of others, happened during a blizzard in New York. But as the saying goes, we suffer for fashion.