Large-area contrast long-sleeved POLO shirt, off-white khaki pants, bright color retro running shoes, the first time in everyone's mind may be the image of the bending boss.
But in fact, among the european and American wearers, this "middle-class casual style" has been popular for a long time, and even with the New Balance P550 x Aimé Leon Dore, it has quietly swept to Japan and us. Since it is mostly worn by urban young people, we can call it the European and American City Boy.
Tyler the Creator, the leader of the "European and American City Boy" style
What is "European and American Middle Class Wind"
Tyler led the European and American City Boy
With the arrival of spring, colorful color block tops, a wide range of Morandi colors, vintage prints and other elements began to appear on more and more foreign star Rappers and wearing bloggers, the most representative of which is Tyler the Creator.
Tyler is more than just a small flower
Many friends have met Rapper Tyler the Creator in the United States through the GOLF le FLEUR* series of shoes launched by his label Golf Wang and Converse.
Shoe styles from the classic One Star to Gianno are highly personal in color schemes and silhouettes
In fact, before becoming the representative of CONVERSE, "trend creator" Tyler has been using his unique aesthetic to influence countless young people in Europe and the United States, and the trend play he holds that originates from the street but does not lose its orthodoxy is also popular around the world with him.
The early Tyler the Creator's style of dress was also typical of foreign skateboarding youth
However, recently after his 30th birthday, he is still angry in the choice of clothing and color matching, but there is a little more unique mature and introverted atmosphere, and the author found that since 2016, this mature and playful style has become one of the representatives of Tyler's personal style.
Riot color underwear + corduroy or bright color cardigan, vintage coat and yellowing white shoes, although there are jumping colors but also present a sense of unity
Among Tyler's collocations, we have found that in recent years, the indispensable polo shirt, as well as some "Daddy-flavored" singles, using his collocation method can show unexpected effects.
The short-sleeved striped POLO shirt is paired with red cropped trousers, exaggerated but not contradictory
The towel-textured long-sleeved POLO shirt with the same-tone tannin fabric hat is also quite informative
The classic Ivy LACOSTE sweater is more casual after being destroyed
Although Tyler's shape is changeable, such items as polo shirts, khaki pants, corduroy elements and cardigans are often present, just using different and jumping colors to match each other, which extends the series of "European and American City Boy" style that is popular in Europe and the United States.
Frank Ocean
As a friend of Tyler the Creator, Frank Ocean, represented by the riot, naturally loves this fun and comfortable style, and the two often play together in private, and at the same time, they also influence each other in the aesthetics of clothing.
Wear striped loose short sleeves Polo in the same frame as Tyler
The long, short-sleeved striped polo shirt is a pairing item he often chooses, and it doesn't look like a dad at all
In addition, the vintage beige suit jacket with blue shirt to perform is also quite modern urban
Anderson Tank
Anderson Paak, the representative of the riot singer who recently launched a new song with Brouno Mars, is extremely good at this style, not only as a model for bruno Mars brand Ricky Regal and Lacoste joint series, but also in private European and American City Boy wear can also be remarkable.
Anderson Paak's bodice is performed in a Ricky Regal x Lacoste tracksuit set
Needles' full-body sportswear is also his favorite choice
In addition to the sports suit, the checked silhouette casual suit pairs with Vans for a more uninhibited feel
The vintage striped shirt is bright in color but silky because of the unity of the collocation, and the beret on the head is eye-catching
It can be seen that the European and American urban boy style, which is gradually growing in influence, releases the special vitality of spring and summer in these big boys who are both talented, leading and interesting, and the logic of this color and single product combination is also very valuable.
European and American City Boy's
Pair with formulas
The City Boy style of European and American departments is much older than that of Japan. The author has observed that the popular style is a combination of ivy style and resort style from the single piece and color system, and with the prevalence of retro style and the promotion of skateboarding, it is more deeply rooted in people's hearts today.
The Ivy Look, which was very popular in the 1950s and 1960s
In the 50s and 60s of the last century, the famous schools in the United States formed the Ivy League, and the college students studying in these schools gradually evolved into such a style called Ivy Look, with shirts of different colors + sweater cardigans, with silhouette suits or slacks, and white socks + Loafers as formal wear.
The 1960 American City Boy catalogue promoted by the veteran American McGregor
After the addition of the Preppy preparatory style in the later period, the retro items such as ivy shirt knitting and the color jumping formula were perfectly formed, becoming the earliest American "City Boy" style, because most of the students studying in the Ivy League were also from middle-class families in the United States, and this dress was also regarded as "European and American city middle class style", and even with the promotion of the early Japanese brands VAN and Popeye, it swept all over Japan.
Until now, the inner pages of POPEYE magazine have contributed to the shape of the strong Ivy element
Speaking of this style that evolved from decades ago to today, in addition to the celebrity hipsters led by Tyler the Creator, it is naturally indispensable to the help of current street brands such as Aimé Leon Dore, KITH and so on. So what are the items that are suitable for European and American City Boy style?
"Daddy" POLO shirt
For Europe and the United States City Boy is essential is probably a POLO shirt as an inner layer, traditionally, European and American middle-class families feel that wearing clothes must have a collar to show respect for the occasion, fashion traceability, rugby jersey (led by long-sleeved POLO), is also an important element of Ivy Look collocation.
Aimé Leon Dore 19-20 years of polo shirt piece representative
Recently, because of the opening of the first store in the mainland, coupled with frequent joint names and texture improvement, Stüssy has attracted a lot of attention, and since last year, the single products launched by Stüssy have also begun to return to this European and American City Boy taste.
This red long-sleeved POLO has also become the choice of European and American urban boys with its unique print and fabric
British skateboard brand Palex is naturally indispensable to the combination of long-sleeved POLO
It is also a joint launch with Ralph Lauren, the representative of American casual style, to launch the contrast polo
Say goodbye to black and white gray, exaggerated contrast
Taking Tyler the Creator outfit as an example, in the color matching, you must abandon a large area of black and white gray, either choose a highly saturated color, or a fresh Morandi color.
The Golf Wang x Lacoste co-brand launch in 2019 fully demonstrates Tyler's preferences
Some of the same series of joint list products
The collocation effect presented by using a large area of dark green blocks with a slightly higher saturation of pink with a gray tone is lively and conspicuous, but it is not calm, and although the color is bright, there is still a certain trick in choosing different colors for matching.
If the items are all highly saturated and bright colors, try to echo up and down, and choose no more than three colors, the picture is GOLF WANG
If the elements of the upper sweatshirt are rich, the lower body pants will try to echo a single color, and the picture shows the ALD collocation
In addition, jumping color, gradient stacking is also a winter style that European and American City Boy likes to play, and it is still suitable for friends in slightly colder areas
Harrington Harrington jacket is also a good choice for this type of style, usually this type of jacket inside and outside the fabric and color will be unnecessary, so the more calm appearance may be hidden under a sullen underwear, used to fold with a variety of polo or sweatshirt can be.
The Fred Perry Harrington jacket is one of the most iconic pieces, vintage classic, subtle yet not dull
Shoes are recommended
What shoes do European and American City Boys like to wear? Mainly biased towards the retro route. In fact, before the Aimé Leon Dore x New Balance P550 shoes were popular, the heat of our side for the shoes that the style likes to choose is still relatively small, but the P550 yin and yang error has become one of the "Vibe Wind God Shoes", and a series of shoes have gradually attracted attention.
Because of the yellowing and old color scheme and the classic gray, red and green, it is in line with the current aesthetic P550
Nowadays, the price of ALD x New Balance P550 has taken off, but there are still many European and American City Boy favorite matching shoes that have not been excavated by the market in a large area, comfortable and versatile and niche, which is also the author's selfish recommendation.
Aimé Leon Dore x Clarks Wallabee kangaroo shoes
I believe that whether it is Japanese City Boy or European and American City Boy, Wallabee is a wrong choice, but compared to the Japanese City Boy's favorite leather or black brown color matching choice, Europe and the United States love bright colors and blended materials, better echo with the lively color matching on the body.
Diadora Game L Lo
As a representative of the old european sports brand, Diadora has a lot of experience in creating shoes that reshape the classic retro, and whether it is retro board shoes or jogging shoes, it is both fashionable and comfortable, coupled with the recent domestic retro style shoe fire, Diadora has taken advantage of the trend. But in fact, in foreign countries, Diadora's board shoes and retro running have long become the favorite wearing options of City Boys in Europe and the United States.
Made in Italy, vintage-inspired Diadora Mi Basket
Diadora can also do jogging shoes, Diadora x Feature N9000 retro running
Dive Diamonds, co-branded by Diadora and Titolo, has also become a favorite of European and American players because of its fresh color scheme and stitching texture
Today's Japanese City Boy cuts are becoming more and more wide and exaggerated, and even the normal average body may not be ideal. At this time, we may wish to turn our attention to the way these European and American urban boys look, say goodbye to black and white gray, try more playful retro mix-and-match, and maybe bring more different colors to their lives.
Red with green ???