It’s the second runway show for men at Amsterdam fashion week and we are looking at NON (non-seasonal) by Kim, as in Kim Bakker, a Dutch designer strongly influenced by Indian and Persian materials and colors.  The light colors come out beautifully and strikingly and the layering of fabrics make for a light and liquid look.  It’s perfect for summer dreams.

This collection is called the Panta Rhei menswear label and there is a light and summary ambiance and look to the style which seems to perfectly fit the warm days and summer clouds in Amsterdam this fashion week.

The no-men-wear-socks-please look was again full on display, as was the frizzled and frazzled hairdo-look which, yes, seems perfect for the beach, for hiking in the mountains, or, aye, for riding a bike along an Amsterdam canal in summer.

Kim clearly is a style and trend setter with this accessible and open and playfully shiny and lightly colored collection, which very well may do just as well on Ipanema beach, in Miami, San Francisco, or Barcelona, as it would in Amsterdam for summer – but no, not in Detroit.

Posted by Sandro Joo and photos by Paloma Canseco.