Robert Geller had his popping out as Rag & Bone’s Head of Menswear on the model’s resort 2025 appointments. The German-born designer, who was a CFDA/Vogue finalist in 2010 and the CFDA’s rising menswear designer winner in 2011, moved to Portugal after the closing of his namesake model in 2019. “There weren’t quite a lot of manufacturers that would have introduced me again to New York, however this one is particular,” defined Geller. “My model was at all times sitting subsequent to Rag & Bone in all of the shops, so I knew it so effectively. Plus, Rag & Bone has such a wealthy historical past that I perceive. I do know what it ought to seem like and the archive that I can draw inspiration from.”
Geller has been quietly working on the model since final September. You can start to see a few of his touches on the autumn 2024 assortment, together with a sportier tackle pants with a baggier jogger match and an replace to the best-selling Manston bomber in a classic terry fabrication that also offers the outsized boxy look of the unique however with extra issue. “This concept of comfy layering was actually vital for us,” he stated.
Geller additionally desires to make Rag & Bone’s go-to tailoring a bit extra fashion-forward. Conventional tuxedo jackets have been cropped for a boxier match and cardigans have been made in a extra substantial wool material to allow them to double as a prime coat. He guarantees that there are extra tweaks to come back sooner or later. “My aim is to modernize it, to push it ahead and likewise spotlight the issues the model has achieved over time as effectively.”
