If you can expect anything from Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren, it's that they will torque a trope and then continue to twist the result. For their latest Monsieur collection, the duo set their sights on humdrum tweed and digitized it so it looked, particularly from afar, like stylized television static. This gave a faint novelty to the suiting, which assumed a sportier image when paired with ski-stripe tops. As applied to some sweaters, the tweed grew enlarged and pixelated; others featured a reworked argyle, although this wasn't entirely evident until it was pointed out. Activewear hybrids made up another dominant theme and were often underscored (or, more accurately, underlayered) with electric green turtlenecks—think chemises fused with sweatshirt collars, streamlined reversible quilted coats, and a deconstructed blue evening jacket in a tech fabric with kangaroo pockets. It would be an ideal choice, perhaps, for any man who yearns to attend a black tie function in a hoodie. The final look, a tobacco-toned suit with corresponding tuxedo striping, won't be an easy sell at retail, but it might very well end up on a red carpet nonconformist. Still, there's a difference between permutations for the sake of permuting and permutations for the sake of perfecting. And in the end, you've got to wonder whether you're sporting clever tweaks or something less inspired.
