RUNWAY: Valentino Pre-Fall 2019

After years of designers, journalists and other fashion insiders lamenting about the rapid pace of fashion seems to not have made much of a difference as menswear is slowly catching up to the increasing number of collections. Here, Valentino presents its Pre-Fall 2019 collection in Tokyo and Pierpaolo Piccioli and the result is sure to foreshadow the French maison's FW19 collection, which will debut in January 2019. For Pre-Fall, Piccioli offers loungey silhouettes in mostly monochromatic looks, starting with the signature Valentino-red on suits while later looks offered a bit of tailoring in all-black or with wisps of red or a singular boxy suit in a moss-y hue. For the most part, it seems the male Valentino customer is devouring these sporty designs, including the accessories from bags to shoes to eyewear. Also of note are the collaborations Piccioli has struck up, most notably with Moncler, which have continued to this collection.