Saint Laurent Men`s Spring/Summer 2014

The rock style is the key conception in the new men's collection of Saint Laurent.

You can see the hair slicked back, tight pants, sparkly crooner jackets, bolo ties and cropped Western boots in Pepto-Bismol pink, variety of youthful jackets (chopstick thin, bolero short, or roomier and elongated), his freewheeling plays on formalwear (leather lapels and sparkles galore) and his fancy Fifties varsity jackets in gleaming satin with crystal embroideries on the back.

There are some who see little of the late Yves Saint Laurent’s legacy in Slimane’s music-obsessed makeover of the house, exemplified by his grunge-fueled debut and the recent casting of Marilyn Manson in an ad campaign.

The designs are really innovative: an army green cotton parka cut like a tailcoat; a patchwork leather jacket in a racing-flag pattern; minimalist waistcoats that were little more than vest points on a harness.

Saint Laurent proves that the men's suits are out of the frame of the classic style. That's why the fashion house is an example of innovation and influence.

Photos: Spring/Summer 2014 Men`s Collection show by Yves Saint Laurent fashion house during a presentation for the Paris Fashion Week in Paris, 30 June 2013