There is always a sense of urgency in fashion with no time to reminiscent on the past. Not so with designer Kyle Fitzgibbons as the young presented the Fall/Winter 2011 line of Native Son. Overlooked the spacious Chelsea Piers, Fitzgibbons teleported audience members through a triptych of time, a visual time machine of how men looked in the past, the present, and forecast of the future. Fine men’s suiting, usually associated with Savile Row, met head-on with American rustic. Cummerbund over a one piece pin-striped suit, fingerless gloves with double breasted blazer, all tied in with cropped hems and slim silhouettes.

Like his collection from previous seasons, Fitzgibbons accompanied the presentation with a video. Created by Isaac Rentz, the finely crafted commentary “The Track, The Train, The Traveler”. Featured 3 individuals from different walks of life – a carpenter, an artist, and a film student, each was to be restricted within a room no bigger than 10’ x 16’ for a total of 36 hours and asked to accomplish 3 separate goals. With each tasks an indirect influence on the next, the film drew the often invisible creative process of making something out of nothing, the interaction with designs by others, and the inevitable nature of disruption and need to rebuild.