<http://schema.org/articleBody>
" Great men&amp;#039;s tailoring was in short supply during New York Fashion Week, which ended last night with a shrug \u2014 too much casual sportswear &amp;quot;with a twist,&amp;quot; or else too many fashion &amp;quot;statements&amp;quot; from designers who were ultimately just trying too hard. So it was doubly refreshing to see an up-and-coming brand like Spurr embrace sportswear and tailoring for the man who is sophisticated and cool at the same time... but also, you know, likes his clothes to fit properly. The quality of the tailoring you see above is the kind you can only get from someone like Simon Spurr (inset), the young designer trained at Ralph Lauren&amp;#039;s Purple and Black Labels as well as under Yves Saint Laurent&amp;#039;s Hedi Slimane \u2014 and who caught our eye the last time we hit the runways here. But the sportswear \u2014 it&amp;#039;s got a self-assured simplicity that&amp;#039;s eminently wearable.  Spurr is an American brand that&amp;#039;s designed by a Brit but made entirely in Italy, and that&amp;#039;s precisely the kind of global perspective that American menswear needs right now. Confirmation of our hunch that Spurr might well be one of his generation&amp;#039;s great designers came in the unexpected news that Bergdorf Goodman men&amp;#039;s fashion director Tommy Fazio would be joining the brand as its first president. So, yeah, expect big things from Spurr in the future, but as for next spring, do yourself a favor and try something like one of the looks here: a pale-blue tuxedo shirt paired with salmon pants; a navy, double-breasted silk suit; or a white, double-breasted cotton/silk jacket with vintage denim jeans \u2014 rolled up, naturally. N.Y. FASHION WEEK ROUNDUP:  STEAL THIS LOOK: Three Big Ideas from the Runways WEDNESDAY: The Not-at-All-Too-Revealing Women&amp;#039;s Swimsuit from Michael Kors TUESDAY: The Perfectly-Cut, Slim-Fit Summer Blazer from Michael Bastian MONDAY: The Fresh, Clean, Makes-You-Feel-Good Spring from Commonwealth Utilities FRIDAY: The First-Time&amp;#039;s-the-Charm-Men-Only Line from Phillip Lim THURSDAY: The America-Through-the-Lens-of-France Americana from Faconnable FASHION&amp;#039;S NIGHT OUT: Your All-Access Pass to 2009&amp;#039;s Style Stimulus Party FASHION WEEK PREVIEW: Top Designers Give Esquire a Sneak Peek at Spring "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a6366/spurr-ny-fashion-week-spring-2010-091809/>