Mitchell Evan Launches Men’s Line

You could call Mitchell Evan a World War II buff. The catalyst behind the 31-year-old filmmaker-turned-designer’s first men’s collection was a military trunk filled with memorabilia that had belonged to his grandfather, a WWII sergeant who fought on the beaches of Normandy. “I was always in the attic playing war,” he said. Evan found yellowed photographs, love letters and perfectly starched uniforms, the latter of which became the seed of the idea for his collection, which is debuting for fall. “Film was my first avenue; I went to school for it,” he said. But fashion was always in the back of his mind. A self-professed shopaholic, Evan frequents stores such as Fred Segal and Mohawk in California and Dover Street Market in New York. But he always found something lacking in the assortment. So he created Mitchell Evan Collection, a 16-piece line that offers outerwear such as a leather bomber with removable shearling collar, a slim-fit pant in a gray camouflage pattern, a shawl-knit sweatshirt and a long-sleeved Henley. The pieces, which are manufactured in New York, offer a modern interpretation of Evan’s grandfather’s World War II pieces. Evan believes his collection can hang next to Greg Lauren or Rick Owens at retail, and he

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