Author name: Vinesh

A man and a woman captured off season on an overcast day roaming on a lone beach; two strangers that share no more than a sense of appreciative melancholy and a knowing nod at the local bar. They both moved independently to a small coastal town in Italy to experience solitude – not loneliness – …

THE UMIT BENAN B+ FALL WINTER 22 CAMPAIGN SHOT BY JONATHAN DANIEL PRYCE ON THE WESTERN COAST OF ITALY Read More »

By Tiziana Cardini VOGUE RUNWAY As far as fashion collabs go, none is more yin-yang oriented than that between Francesca Ruffini and Umit Benan—she, a woman of refined elegance and reading; he, an ebullient rake with a thing for über-luxe, slightly rough-at-the-edges cool. Yet as the saying goes, opposites attract, and this creative marriage seems to be a …

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The collaboration came about after a renowned jiu-jitsu professional and childhood friend of Umit Benan’s from Istanbul saw his Tokyo Diaries collection (Fall/Winter 2016). For that season Umit Benan was inspired by the men in martial arts coming to drink after practice in the Shinjuku Golden Gai quarter in Tokyo, wearing classic coats in the …

UMIT BENAN X SHOYOROLL Read More »

È silenziosa e calda, il posto migliore per disegnare. Lo stilista turco vive a Milano dal 2006: «La odiavo. Cercavo in lei gli occhi di un’altra. Ora, a quarant’anni non me ne voglio più andare» Di Francesca Esposito — Foto Danilo Scarpati per Living «Sono invincibile, sai?». Umit Benan indica il tavolo da ping-pong piantato nel giardino …

A CASA DELLO STILISTA UMIT BENAN -CORRIERE DELLA SERA LIVING Read More »

The Turkish designer’s latest fashion venture B+ is all about desirable and luxurious men’s wear conveying an attitude. By Martino Carrera AFTER A 10-YEAR-PLUS CAREER, Umit Benan was losing himself and his relationship with his clients until his latest fashion venture, B+, brought back joy and passion. Since the B+ launch in 2019, Benan has carved out …

WWD – UMIT BENAN, THE ANTI-HYPE WIZARD TAILOR Read More »

CHIC + On ne présente plus UMIT BENAN. Créateur ultracharismatique, il met au point depuis ses débuts une allure subtile qu’on pourrait qualifier de classique délurée, empreinte d’une masculinité italo-orientale au panache assumé. Coupes remarquables, prédilection pour les matières fluides, quelques audaces de couleurs et d’imprimés, parfois des codes workwear… sa signature est intantanément reconnaissable. Esprit …

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Designer Umit Benan has skipped the fashion-show circus for the past three years, opting to show his menswear collections online or by special invitation instead. The result of this break from the fray? Umit Benan B+, a unisex line inspired by cool, easy and soft 1980s fashion, in partnership with tailoring specialist Caruso. “There are so many …

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