TEXTURE MEETS SUSTAINABILITY AND INNOVATION:
MAC GOES ON A TIME TRAVEL JOURNEY.
With its Autumn/Winter 2015 Men’s Collection, MAC, the trouser specialist, is embarking on a major time travel journey. Design influences from the 14th century, such as elaborate materials and rich colors, meet functional, comfortable and futuristic details. Current issues such as sustainability also plays a major role this season. The color scheme focuses on graphite greys, deep oxblood reds and midnight blue shades. Natural hues such as forest green and earthy brown and beige, complete this season’s palette.
RICH MATERIALS AND SOPHISTICATED DETAILS
With this collection MAC reinterprets a medieval fairy tale in a modernized way. Like a medieval knight, the modern MAC man loves sophisticated details and rich materials like printed velvet, waffle corduroy and shiny satin denim. The unique feel of the materials is especially important this season. MAC re-introduces the leather touch gabardine, a woven cotton that looks and feels like leather, soft to the touch and extremely pleasant on the skin. The iconic jog’n jeans made of sweat denim this season are finished with a fine coating that suggests a leather look without taking away the outstanding comfort of the sweatpants. Corduroy and velvet fabrics remain very soft to the touch, but are quite authentic, as they are treated as denim. Adding up to the complexity of the collection are the pocket linings in fine jacquard, paisley, brocade and tie prints. Premium leather piping and laser perforated leather details are placed along the pockets to create tone-on-tone or contrast combinations.
As for the fit, the focus is on slim silhouettes, both for chinos and cargos, and tapered jeans, with or without pleats.
SUSTAINABLE CASUAL-ATHLETIC LOOKS AND OUTDOOR STYLES
Being in touch with nature and running an active lifestyle are the key concepts behind the sports theme. As an environmentally friendly manufacturer, MAC uses recycled denim, one- fourth of which is made with reclaimed yarns. In addition to the eye-catching slub denim that shows irregular bumps in the structure, and oil-washed treatments that make the fabrics long-lasting, the Japan denim is woven on special looms that produce the typical grainy texture. Sturdy and masculine on the outside, but soft and warm on the inside as a result of a roughening treatment applied on the material, the brushed denim is a genuine all year round ally. Vintage washes provide a particularly casual look on denim as well as flats: Bedford, canvas and corduroy come in many different washes and provide peculiar worn-out effects.
Sophisticated details such as zips on back pockets and ethnic prints on pocket linings add up to the complex details of the collection.
SPORTSWEAR INFLUENCES MEET FUNCTION AND ADVANCED KNOW-HOW
MAC is known for its use of innovative materials with advanced functionalities. This concept is symbolized by the third theme of the collection. As a result, progressive materials and fits are combined with sporty yet elegant styles. One of the new materials is the Tricotine denim. It has the same outstanding properties and texture as jersey. The material is super comfortable and elastic without losing its shape. While the versatile Bi-Stretch Denim, which stretches both horizontally and vertically, is the new addition to the season, the iconic Jog’n Jeans are experiencing a revival. These sweat wear jeans look like authentic denim, but they are as comfortable as jogging pants. They are available in many innovative styles, such as jog’n cargo, jog’n chino, jog’n jeans with cuffs at the hem and as jog’n jacket – a jean jacket made of sweat denim. Highlight of the season is the “indestructible denim”, a robust fabric used to create the biker style. Its properties are unique, including its extreme durability. The fiber that is used is light, thin, flexible and has a natural feel to it. One of the essentials for the cold season and a new addition to the collection isTHERMOLITE® , a heat-retaining cotton fabric that provides warm and comfort without weight, even in freezing temperatures.
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Founded in 1973 and located in Wald/Rossbach, Germany, MAC is renown for its quality and innovative fits. As a trousers specialist, it sells more than 6 million pairs of trousers every year. The company employs about 330 staff members at its headquarters located in the German region of the Upper Palatinate, and has more than 3,400 employees in its affiliated production centers.
MAC Jeans FW '015
MAC Jeans FW '015
MAC Jeans FW '015
