Styled by Benjamin Bruno, the publication showcases the leather house's subversive approach to past and future. 

To experience a true cultural melting pot, look no further than the historic city of Toledo, Spain. Since&nbsp;medieval times, the former capital has earned a strong reputation for its thriving populations of Catholics, Jews, and Muslims, who coexist&nbsp;with one another and bring&nbsp;their own architectural and cultural flavors to the cosmopolitan hub. Today, the city is host to Loewe&nbsp;Men&#39;s Fall/Winter publication, featuring the bold counter-masculine visions of photographer Tyler Mitchell and stylist Benjamin Bruno. Mitchell, the 24-year-old photographer best known for shooting Beyonce&#39;s September 2018&nbsp;Vogue&nbsp;cover, captured the collection&nbsp;against the background of Toledo, alongside bulbous white and yellow sculptures that echo the designs&#39; playful, futuristic silhouettes.

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The Fall&nbsp;2019 collection marked&nbsp;creative director Jonathan Anderson&#39;s first-ever men&#39;s runway show, which debuted in Paris last January. Loewe&nbsp;described the looks as a &quot;hybrid abstraction at a human scale, where both a garment&#39;s utility and connotation are called into question.&quot; The original show placed the collection in front of a deep yellow cloth sculpture by Franz Erhard Walther, but the looks now mingle with the Spanish countryside and historic public art.&nbsp;

One of the standouts of the collection is Anderson&#39;s take on the standard cowboy chaps, retooled in ocher and chocolate brown with a silhouette that melts into zip-up wedge&nbsp;boots, evoking a sort of 80&#39;s Wellington. Anderson noted that the hybrid design was meant to &quot;take something fetish and de-fetishize it,&quot; somewhat removing it from its Western&nbsp;context.

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Besides the sophisticated leatherwork, the fall collection stood out for&nbsp;its twist on everyday knitwear. Between rugby stripes, crewnecks, and chunkier knits, Anderson&#39;s take on collegiate staples bends the traditionally masculine and offers a looser definition. Toledo&#39;s rich mosaic and sculptural history also played off the collection&#39;s palette of deep blues and mustards, with the intricate tile work and marble contrasting the heavier, more graphic qualities of the designs.

Choosing a prominent African-American photographer and a diverse range of models in a city known for its cultural diversity further speaks to Loewe&#39;s ability to challenge the limitations of traditionalism while still paying homage to history. This was also showcased by Anderson&#39;s Marilyn Monroe Oxford button-down, broadcasting a tribute to American mid-century pop culture alongside ancient sculptures of religious icons.

In true theme, Toledo&#39;s classical setting proved that Anderson is willing to take on the past in order to look to the future.&nbsp;

Tyler Mitchell Takes the Lens in Toledo for Loewe's Fall 2019 Menswear Lookbook

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