Men Wear Stella

Stella McCartney has long been defined by fashion, music and her family name. So it was fitting that for the introduction of her first men’s wear collection last week, the 45-year-old British designer chose Abbey Road Studios, made legendary as the recording venue of choice for her father, Paul McCartney, and the rest of the Beatles during the 1960s. “It felt like such a natural place to pick for this; the heritage of this amazing space has always been really close to my heart, and I came here a lot as a child growing up,” McCartney said. Adding, “the location,  means a lot to my dad and it means a lot to me.” At Abbey Road, there was an everyman quality to the men’s looks: boxy, striped pajamalike shirts with shorts or drawstring trousers; modish khaki anoraks and zip-up cargo pants or slouchy rainbow-hued Rasta knits; socks with open sandals, silky bohemian swallow prints and retro red and yellow soccer scarves saying “Members.”

The point, the collection seemed to say, was that we can all be on Stella’s team. Women’s wear was also invited to the party: In a larger second room, models sitting on speakers or standing behind giant microphones in recording booths sported Ms. McCartney’s women’s pre-spring 2017 collection- all fluid, layered silhouettes, nature-inspired prints from flowers to dachshunds and dramatic ruffles and pleats as part of her first foray into the see-now, shop-now movement. The men’s wear, which is categorized as seasonless, will be available in stores beginning in January.