Yigal Azrouël’s Fall 2012 collection sets out with a more ‘rugged’ look in mind, well, it’s all relative – this still leans very much towards the refined. Plenty of military influences in outerwear: cold weather parkas, shearling leather jackets and peacoats all given Azrouël’s modern treatment. Slim fitting trousers meet wintry knitwear, crew necks layered over shirts always a reliable look, quilted sleeves add a bit of interest to jackets and if you like plaid/tartan then you got it in the form of cropped collar shirts.

“Inspired by work from contemporary photographers Mischa de Ridder & Marco Walker, whose work captures often forbidding landscapes and translates them into beautiful and modern images, the collection revolves around a modern color palette—deep blues, forest green and burgundy—and textual combinations—Japanese cotton and felted wool” A well rounded line up from the New York designer.

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The holidays may be over but that does not mean we need to stop giving back during the slow and chilly month January. With 2012, we bring the first of what we hope will a more frequent giveaway window. Yigal Azrouël has kindly offered one of their shearling lined leather jackets, part of their Autumn/Winter 2011 collection for one lucky reader. This is a proper giveaway and damn nice.

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Yigal Azrouel Men’s Spring/Summer 2012 collection.

A self taught designer, Yigal Azrouel, has stunned the masses with his critical menswear designs. Debuting his menswear collection in 2007, he’s gained worldwide notoriety by introducing a modern aesthetic and draping to all his pieces. The “Pants in Cactus” illustrates these details thoroughly in the design. The shell is 100% cotton and offers 100% lamb leather details throughout. Crafted in the United States, Azrouel uses a hook and bar closure with a button fly. The pant also offers side slit pockets as well as welt back pocket. (fwdfwd)

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An interesting take on pockets from Yigal Azrouel. “Yigal azrouel’s low rise, drop crotch pant. warm grey washed cotton twill, two front pockets with marigold embroidery detail. raw hem, styled as rolled hem.” Get them now from OAK.

We came across this smart interpretation of a classic rugby shirt over at Oak. Designer Yigal Azrouel used a rather classic black/white stripe pattern, but nevertheless achieves a lot with it. With an asymmetric seam that shoots down the front and back to disrupt the black and white horizontal striping and unfinished edges, this otherwise classic piece gets so much more appealing.

Along with the rest of the collection, it will soon be available at Oak NYC.