Menswear Spring 2019 shows Our guide to the best of the new season’s collections Buy a bum bag — and other lessons from the SS19 menswear showsSuits fought back against sneakers, saturated colour ruled, and shorts were still quite short. Charlie Porter sums up the season Hermès, Thom Browne SS19 men’s review: Paris gets idealisticAssured luxury from one of Paris’s most storied houses, while Thom Browne shows nonsense with a message Dior men’s SS19 show: Kim Jones’s new dawnAt Dior, the menswear slate is wiped clean by the debut collection from new men’s artistic director Kim Jones Alexander McQueen, Comme des Garçons Homme Plus, Junya Watanabe menswear SS19: can menswear solve the tailoring dilemma?Strong shows in Paris address the future of suits. Plus, the body bags that are taking menswear by storm Rick Owens, Loewe SS19 men’s review: fashion’s Burning ManWhat does it take to survive a fashion show? Rick Owens brings a tent. Jonathan Anderson dresses his brother Menswear’s acid trip: rave culture hits the catwalkAfter a long period of sobriety, designers are embracing hedonism — and bucket hats, again More from this Series Louis Vuitton men’s SS19: Virgil Abloh’s glorious debutA stellar collection heralds a new era for menswear at Louis Vuitton Raf Simons SS19 review: the new New WaveDoes the Belgian designer’s duchess satin jackets mean return of tailoring for men? Off-White, Acne Studios, Valentino SS19 men’s review: Paris starts to heat upVirgil Abloh is liberated at Off-White via Bart Simpson and James Dean Virgil Abloh — ‘the world is looking for the second coming’As he makes his Louis Vuitton menswear debut, the 38-year-old designer shares his thoughts on hype, history — and hoodies Prada SS19 menswear: simple yet so goodPrada drops the conceptualism, but what’s the theory behind the shortest shorts in fashion to date? Fendi, Giorgio Armani men’s SS19: keep it in the familyFendi look to its own for its latest collaboration, while Armani keeps things easy Is the traditional suit on the endangered list?At the London Collections Men, the home of tailoring, the suit had gone Awol. Unless it was a tracksuit Versace, Ermenegildo Zegna review SS19: Blockbusters of Milan menswearWhat makes a blockbuster show? For Versace, supermodels. Zegna: architecture Craig Green SS19 review: London’s finest takes to the world stageAt the Pitti fair in Florence, Craig Green steps up with colour, horror and a Nike collaboration Who needs a catwalk at the London Collections Men’s SS19? Martine Rose takes to the streetSS19 review of Martine Rose, plus A-Cold-Wall, Art School, Rottingdean Bazaar, Stefan Cooke and Bianca Saunders Saint Laurent SS19: the debut menswear show from Anthony VaccarelloNew York serves as backdrop for a collection that cements the house’s codes