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He puts plywood on the runway and calls it menswear

Craig Green sends men down the runway in plywood sculptures and vast strapped forms, and somehow it is some of the deeply moving menswear in fashion. Under the spectacle is a serious maker.

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01CRAIG GREEN SENDS MEN DOWN THE RUNWAY WEARING PLYWOOD SCULPTURES AND VAST, STRAPPED, TENT-LIKE FORMS, AND SOMEHOW IT LANDS AS DEEPLY EMOTIONAL, SOME OF THE FINEST MENSWEAR IN FASHION. THE LONDON DESIGNER TURNED THE HUMBLE WORKER'S JACKET INTO SOMETHING LIKE ART.
02HE CAME FROM CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS AND STARTED HIS LABEL IN 2012. BY HIS 2013 DEBUT WITH THE MAN INITIATIVE, HE WAS ALREADY MASKING MODELS IN JARRING PLYWOOD FRAMES. IT LOOKED LIKE PERFORMANCE ART. IT WAS ALSO, UNDERNEATH, BEAUTIFULLY MADE CLOTHING.
03THE WORKER JACKET IS HIS OBSESSION. GREEN TAKES THE PLAINEST GARMENT IN THE WORLD, A LABOURER'S UTILITY JACKET, AND REWORKS IT EVERY SINGLE SEASON: KNOTTED, LAYERED, CORDED, TRANSFORMED. ONE HUMBLE SHAPE, ENDLESSLY AND PATIENTLY REIMAGINED.
04AND THE CRAFT IS SERIOUS UNDER THE SPECTACLE. THE SCULPTURAL DRAMA GETS THE HEADLINES, BUT GREEN IS, ABOVE ALL, A BRILLIANT MAKER: PATTERN, CONSTRUCTION, THE WAY A GARMENT HOLDS THE BODY. THE EMOTION COMES FROM THE MAKING, NOT JUST THE SHOW.
05THE INDUSTRY NOTICED FAST. GREEN WAS AN LVMH PRIZE FINALIST AND WON BRITISH MENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR MORE THAN ONCE, AND HIS WORK HAS EVEN SHAPED HOW COSTUME LOOKS IN FILM. RARE FOR MENSWEAR THIS CONCEPTUAL TO ALSO BE THIS BELOVED.
06THAT IS THE ACHIEVEMENT. IN A MENSWEAR WORLD OF LOGOS AND HYPE DROPS, GREEN MAKES QUIET, STRANGE, DEEPLY HUMAN CLOTHES ABOUT WORK, PROTECTION AND RITUAL. THE PLYWOOD GETS THE ATTENTION. THE TAILORING UNDERNEATH IS WHY IT LASTS.
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