THE BEST NEW DESIGNERS IN AMERICA 2008
1.Rag & Bone
Rag & Bone started as a modest jeans-and-tees label, yet in a blindingly brief period, founders Marcus Wainwright and David Neville have become two of New York’s young design hotshots.The collection now reaches far beyond engineered Japanese denim to include everything from sweaters, pants, and boots to short-cut suits and even a tuxedo. These are clothes made for a young James Bond—008, you might say. In other words, a young killer who looks sharp no matter what the situation.
2.Engineered Garments
Daiki Suzuki, the visionary behind Engineered Garments, digs classic WASP style. But he pulls his true inspiration from the classics of the American workingman (think Filson, Carhartt, Dickies). His painter’s pants, khakis, blazers, and suits are all casual, tough, and unstructured (that suit, for instance, isn’t for the office). The silhouettes are tapered but not skinny. The vibe is masculine and laid-back, like you could break out the tools at any moment and start building. (We said could—not should.)
Daiki Suzuki, the visionary behind Engineered Garments, digs classic WASP style. But he pulls his true inspiration from the classics of the American workingman (think Filson, Carhartt, Dickies). His painter’s pants, khakis, blazers, and suits are all casual, tough, and unstructured (that suit, for instance, isn’t for the office). The silhouettes are tapered but not skinny. The vibe is masculine and laid-back, like you could break out the tools at any moment and start building. (We said could—not should.)3.Spurr
Of the young designers featured here, the work of Simon Spurr is the most outwardly metropolitan. For Spurr, the idea of slim is almost religiously adhered to, and everything is kept carefully in proportion, from the trademark mini spread collar of the shirts to the narrow ties and skinny jeans. Spurr has the creative professional in mind, someone who can dress up a leather jacket with a shirt and tie, go to work, and then go straight out—without changing a stitch of clothing.
4. Gilded Age
Like Rag & Bone, Gilded Age began as a denim label. A stickler for colors and washes, designer Stefan Miljanic remains obsessed with the fabric, although he has now expanded the label to include a full range of garments. Gilded Age clothes have an understated character anyone can pull off. There is nothing tricky about a denim jacket, or jeans with the right wash, or a striped sweater. The clothes have an effortless, distinctly American personality, and they stand up to wear and tear. Without bells and whistles, Miljanic gets the details right.
5.Steven Alan 
Steven Alan went to school on both coasts, and his clothes split the difference between the two, combining East Coast prep with the unstudied, disheveled cool of California. Alan made his name with rumpled dress shirts, and those famous garments set the tone for the rest of the line. The loyal following Alan has cultivated consists of guys like him—men who don’t necessarily care about fashion but definitely care about looking good.
Steven Alan went to school on both coasts, and his clothes split the difference between the two, combining East Coast prep with the unstudied, disheveled cool of California. Alan made his name with rumpled dress shirts, and those famous garments set the tone for the rest of the line. The loyal following Alan has cultivated consists of guys like him—men who don’t necessarily care about fashion but definitely care about looking good.6.Obedient Sons
Obedient Sons is designed by Swaim Hutson and his wife, Christina. Graphically, the label is a little tongue-in-cheek, as though made by that laid-back dude who ditched college for art school. From a letterman jacket to a school sweatshirt bearing the word mutiny, the Hutsons’ designs run roughshod through private-school hallways for inspiration, modernizing a classic American look.Source: www.men.style.com From GQ
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