Tim Coppens that is.
Tim Coppens is a luxury menswear brand based in New York but it has only been around since 2011, so you may not know of the brand yet but you should.
Since his first season, Tim Coppens has received strong support and praise from both retailers and press. WWD named Tim Coppens as “leading the pack of menswear names who are redefining American fashion”. Barneys New York immediately ordered his first collection and international retailers followed suit. And only after four seasons, Coppens was nominated for a CFDA Swarovski Award for Menswear Design and was a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist.
But even with all that praise why do you need to know Tim Coppens? Because he is part of the new crop of American based menswear designers (like a Public School NYC) that are eschewing the dominant Americana trend that has dominated menswear for the past few years in favour of sophisticated luxury sportswear; which may in fact be pretty Americana of them as well but it seems to have a modern European age – the new American Sportswear. Blame/Praise Coppen’s Belgian roots for this.
In other words, he makes some great shit that I would wear. Daily. Oh yeah, and he makes great short shorts.
