Men’s fashion week kicked off Monday with an entry in the outlandish inspiration department: A collection inspired by both Charles Manson's murderous cult, and “The Sound of Music.”
“The idea for the collection started after I read about that woman who wanted to marry Charles Manson and then put his body in a museum after he died,” said the label’s founder, Jackson McKeehan, “and it just went from there.”
Boyswear, whose Spring/Summer 2016 collection was titled “The Manson Family Singers,” melds elements of ‘60s-era hippie chic – billowy pajama-like shirts and drawstring trousers (some of which bordered on the androgynous) paired with chunky Doc Martens sandals – with elements of traditional Tyrolean costume including lederhosen-like pieces, wooden buttons and embroidered floral details.