I can't get over my appreciation for different takes on lookbook images (and, more specifically, models), the latest involving the Frank Leder AW10 collection. Foregoing the usual model types (stick thin, tall and chiseled), they have gone with another dashing alternative: the older gentleman.
Yet this gentleman is not afraid of manual labor. As the hard-working provider, he shows just what the Frank Leder AW10 collection is made of. Practical yet oh so stylish, it brings fashion back to simpler times.
Axeman Menswear
The Frank Leder AW10 Collection is for the Hard-Working Gentleman
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