Trendspotting: Mickey Mouse Headgear at the London Men’s Shows

After D&G showed a Minnie Mouse T-shirt with a pair of brown leather hot pants for Spring 2010, the Disney trend quieted down for a few years, but has recently reemerged, full force. In 2012, Barneys New York created a Disney-themed holiday window display called Electric Holiday; in 2013, Minnie Mouse appeared on the cover of Love Magazine‘s 10th anniversary issue; that same month, Comme des Garcons unveiled a Mickey Mouse capsule collection for Fall 2013.

Most recently, the iconic American cartoon character appeared at London’s Fall 2014 menswear shows. At both MAN by Bobby Abley and Katie Eary, the Mickey Mouse ears were, unlike past iterations of the trend, far more disturbing than playful. For MAN, Abley paired the bubblegum color headgear with silver metal gags which stretched the models’ lips apart; at Kanye West collaborator Katie Eary’s show, plastic Mickey Mouse heads topped off a few of the runway looks, like a Halloween costume version of Maison Martin Margiela‘s crystal masks. 

Marc Jacobs photo: Getty / Slideshow images: IMAXtree