Color is one of the big stories of this season's menswear shows, and no one took the theme more to heart than Duckie Brown. The line's designers, Steven Cox and Daniel Silver, didn't stick to one or two shades, though. They pulled out the full rainbow: apple red, turquoise, purple, orange, yellow, green. This worked most successfully in focused, well-tailored looks, like an electric-blue corduroy one-button suit with a blue X-ray-stripe shirt, or a green/navy gingham double-layered shirt jauntily paired with a green trouser and topped off with an orange bamboo hat. Elsewhere, the mix-and-match approach was less effective: for example, a turquoise superstripe short-sleeve shirt and green long-short combo, oddly accessorized with a gray-stripe bamboo scarf. Even in a misstep like this one, though, the design duo's talent for tailoring shone through. With their attention to fit and colorful flair, they are talents worth watching.
