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John Barlett's BMOC - runway show review

10:20am – John Bartlett
The venue: the Salon at Bryant Park

The verdict: +

Mr. Bartlett’s man this season went for a 1950’s Princetonian, BMOC [Big man on campus] look that reminded us of George Hamilton in the sixties movie classic, "Where the boys are", shot in the early 1950’s. Cable knit vests in camel, cream argyle sweaters and a brown hounds tooth suit accessorized with a cream cable muffler to keep him warm when he travels across the quad to pick up his girlfriend to go out for a milkshake and fries. Hair was either buzzed short or cut short with Bryl creamed cowlicks giving the guys a sexy just out of bed demeanor, which is by the way, Mr. Bartlett’s signature hairstyle.

For outerwear, there’s a brown leather bomber jacket with an upturned lamb collar, and a loden green wool zip front jacket with leather epaulettes. For warmer fall days, there's a forest green block print sweater. Suits are boxy and broad shouldered and double vented and referenced the 1920’’s zoot suit. Sixties mod also god a nod via everyone's favorite, the black, scarlet, and grey color block turtleneck worn with black drainpipe pants.