Fashion week, these days, is about much more than just the collections. Showmanship is the name of game, and in the meticulously executed sartorial extravaganzas, the sound space is an element that no producer or designer can afford to overlook. Music royalty - past, present and future - is enlisted to ensure a full assault on the senses.
This season there were live performances by Clare Maguire at Burberry Prorsum, Mary J Blige to celebrate the Caten brothers’ 20th anniversary at Dsquared2 and Snoop Dogg at Philipp Plein, while Dior Homme enlisted the Paris Scouring Orchestra, set back with electronic beats. Here, we bring you our ultimate catwalk compilation of the men’s A/W 2015 show season...
Burberry Prorsum
’Cosmic Dancer’, ’Whenever You Want It’, ’Shadows’ and ’House of the Rising Sun’ performed live by Clare Maguire
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’Whole Lotta Love - Dubstep Edit’ by Led Zeppelin; ’Back in Black’ by AC/DC; ’Black Dog’ by Led Zeppelin; ’We Will Rock You’ by Queen; ’Weather With You’ by Crowded House; ’A Place To Stand’ - Ontario Canada’s theme song; ’Take Off’ by Bob and Doug McKenzie; ’Pass That Dutch’ by Missy Elliot; ’Ehi Oh!’ by Biancaneve e i sette nani; ’Wild Thing’ by Devil Doll; ’The Immigrant Song’ - (Streetlab mix) by Led Zeppelin; ’Smells Like Teen Spirit’ by Nirvana vs Adam Freeland; ’Smells Like Teen Spirit’ by (Butch vig-mix) Nirvana; ’Black Dog’ by Led Zeppelin; ’Tom Sawyer’ by Rush; ’Are You Gonna Go My Way’ by Lenny Kravitz; ’Rebel Rebel’ by David Bowie; ’Hot Child In The City’ by Nick Gilder and a live performance of ’One’ and ’Family Affair’ by Mary J Blige
Roberto Cavalli
’Every Other Freckle’ by alt-J; ’Cupid Carries a Gun’ by Marilyn Manson; ’God’s Whisper’ by Raury; ’Cleaver Lever’ by The Growl; ’Come Easy’ by Sunset Sons; ’Track 20 Symphony 2808’ by Nero
Giorgio Armani
’Downton Abbey theme song’ by The Chamber Orchestra Of London; ’Johnny and Mary’ by Todd Terje feat Bryan Ferry
Canali
’Opal’ by Byetone; ’Etude N°6’ by Philip Glass; ’EXhale’ by Plastikman; ’Back 2 Black’ by Herman Schwartz; ’Gimme some’ by Weval
Music production: Matteo Ceccarini
Gucci
’Clock Tick’ by Abel Korzeniowski; ’Daydreams’ by Abel Korzeniowski; ’Carlos’ by Shigeru Umebayashi; ’Stillness Of The Mind’ by Abel Korzeniowski; ’Going Somewhere’ by Abel Korzeniowski
Music production: Michel Gaubert
Philipp Plein
’Jump Around’ by House of Pain; ’Thunderstruck’ by AC/DC; Magnum PI main theme; ’What’s My Name’ and ’Drop it Like it’s Hot’ performed live by Snoop Dogg; ’Requiem’ and ’Jungle Jazz performed live by Les Tambours du Bronx; ’The Blue Danube’ by Strauss; ’The Thieving Magpie’ by Rossini
Cerruti 1881
’Whisper’ by David Byrne; ’Cooper Union’ Dialogue by Joseph Beuys; ’Come Out’ by Steve Reich; ’Straum’ by Nils Okland
Valentino
’Valley of the Birds’ by Emerald Web; ’The Imitation’ by Alexandre Desplat; ’Hip Hop Spa’ by Fatima Al Qadiri; ’Up and Down’ by Koreless
Lanvin
’Science and Industry’ by Andy Stott; ’Happy House’ by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Maison Margiela
’Cancer For The Cure’ by Eels; ’Twilight’s Last Gleamings’ by William S Burroughs; ’The Night’ by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons; ’Stripes’ by Bell Orchestre; ’Loaded’ by Primal Scream; ’Water / Light / Shifts’ by Bell Orchestre; ’Shake the Disease’ (remastered) by Depeche Mode; ’Let’s Wade In the Water’ by Marlena Shaw; ’Eight Sum’ by Amon Tobin; ’Paul’s Nightmare’ by DJ Paul Elstak; ’One Minute To Midnight’ by Justice
Kris Van Assche
’Negative Creep’ and ’The Magnificent Bukkake’ by Koudlam
Music production: Michel Gaubert
Kenzo
’Only Love Can Break Your Heart’ by Saint Etienne
Dior Homme
’Landsc Apes’ by Koudlam, arrangement by Thomas Roussel and performed by Paris Scoring Orchestra
Junya Watanabe
’Oh Honey’ (Original 12’’ Version) by The Delegation; ’Say That You Will’ by George Duke S; ’Float On’ by The Floaters; ’Unicorn’ by Dizzy Gillespie & Lalo Schifrin; ’Safari Vibes’ by Daniele Baldelli; ’Cosmic Funk’ by Lonnie Liston Smith; ’Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’ by John Lloyd Young
Dries Van Noten
’Be My Baby’ performed by DM Stith, written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
3.1 Phillip Lim
’When I Put My Hands On You’ by The New Basement Tapes; ’Reduct Live’ by Skee Mask; ’Cylo’ by Skee Mask; ’Security Of The First World’ by Public Enemy
Paul Smith
’Snare Liftoff’ by Justin Hurwitz & Tim Simonec; ’54-46 Was My Number’ by Toots & The Maytals; ’Witness Dub’ by Roots Manuva; ’Mirror In The Bathroom’ by The Beat; ’Just Can’t Stop The Dub’ by The Beat; ’North Of The River Thames’ by Doctor Pablo and The Dub Syndicate
Comme des Garçons
Eyes Wide Shut soundtrack mixed with Alessandro Cortini electronica
Music production: Frédéric Sanchez
Saint Laurent
’Me Suive’ by Mystere collective, written and composed by Marlon Magnée, Sacha Got and Sam Lefèvre in Brittany for Saint Laurent ’Paris Sessions’