NY Men's Fashion Week: Event showcasing ready to wear lines for Spring 2019

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Men's fashion week kicked off in New York on Monday with designers showcasing their offerings for Spring 2019. The three-day event offers designers an opportunity to show their ready to wear lines throughout the city.

Models wearing oversized shirts and chino pants broke out into dancing with a video of Japanese imagery playing in the background.

The collection is titled "Eight days in Japan". American designer Michael Rubin said he found inspiration in his latest vacation in Tokyo.

The collection had a relaxed feel with shorts paired with matching oversized sports coats, finished with Converse sneakers.

MICHAEL RUBIN CREATIVE DIRECTOR, KRAMMER & STOUDT "It gave me the opportunity to use some classic Japanese print pattern designs that I have been wanting to use for a long time but really never found, legitimizing, sort of meaningful way to incorporate that."

Japanese streetwear brand HBNS made its debut in New York, showing a colorful collection of denim pieces with a twist.

A model showed a pastel yellow denim short and jacket ensemble, while another sported hybrid shorts made with khaki and denim fabrics.

AKIO MITOBE CREATIVE DIRECTOR, HBNS "I put a little bit of a twist on basic pieces in order to create something new. It's just a little modification, the basic concept is not changed."

Swedish brand "Limitato" also showed up for the first time in New York, bringing their "wearable art" fashion to the United States.

Their collection consists of simple tee-shits and trousers with a print of a famous artist or photographer using the garment as a canvas.

The brand has ongoing collaborations with nine photographers and artists. The brand only creates a very limited number of high quality clothing, each piece marked with a specific number.

EMRIK OLAUSSON CFO, LIMITATO "This one, I think it is 850 pieces in total, so like every piece is completely unique. And that is why we are called 'Limitato' it is 'limited edition' in Latin."

New York Men's Fashion Week is a three-day event with designers showing they are ready to wear lines throughout the city. DSY, CGTN.