Models wear creations by Savile Row & St James's designers at Lord's on Monday. THE spring/summer menswear season kicked off in London over the weekend, and it's looking like a challenging time, particularly for the Australian male. From Alexander McQueen's floral suits, Sibling's pink mesh ensembles and JW Anderson's printed halter tops, we'll be watching with interest what menswear stores end up buying, although Christopher Kane's buttercup-yellow hoodie and shorts combo wouldn't be out of place at Bondi in high summer. Some easier collections to embrace will be those from Topshop, whose western-style shirts were worn with polo necks and baggy trousers, and Richard James, whose pastel-coloured suits will be a great change-up for the summer wedding circuit. Savile Row opted to go out in force, the master tailors teaming up for an afternoon presentation at Lord's. More pastel suits, cricket jumpers, striped blazers and flannels were just the thing for the sunny presentation, sponsored by the Woolmark Company and featuring Gieves & Hawkes, Hardy Amies and Richard James. Jolly good show. Think Japanese SPEAKING as I was last week about people with their own personal uniforms, art curator Gene Sherman is a case in point. Since her first visit to Japan in 1987 (she has been there 45 times), she has almost exclusively worn the work of Yohji Yamamoto, Comme des Garcons (by Rei Kawakubo) and Issey Miyake. Some years ago, she donated 25 years' worth of pieces by these designers to Sydney's Powerhouse Museum. Now she's intent on introducing a new wave of designers to Australia through her Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation. Think & Feel: A New Era of Tokyo Fashion opens tomorrow. The exhibition will be split between the National Art School in Darlinghurst, where the main installation will be on show, and the SCAF in Paddington, which will host cultural events including talks and fashion films. Sherman says while all five designers and labels on show produce work in keeping with the rhythm of the mainstream fashion industry, don't expect to see frocks on mannequins. This show is about the ideas behind their wearable collections. The Paddington space will also include a pop-up shop. Feel & Think originally was produced in Tokyo in 2011, in association with Bunka Fashion Research Institute of Bunka Gakuen University; Sherman has re-envisaged the original exhibition for this showing. Until August 13. See sherman-scaf.org.au. Hunt resumes HUNT Leather opens the doors to its new Sydney space on Friday. The company, which opened its first store in 1975 before infiltrating the rest of the country, will close its original MLC Centre outlet and its Elizabeth Street luggage shop and consolidate into a shiny new store in the Strand Arcade. Architect Adrian Spence has spearheaded the design, which includes cutting a hole through the ground floor with a circular staircase to a basement luggage level. As well as lots of historically sympathetic elements to the fitout, there will be a number of new brands arriving in store imminently. These include colourful, boxy clutches and bags from British designer Sophie Hulme (pictured), vegetable-dyed leather pieces from Parisian label Bonastre and minimalist German label PB0110 by Philipp Bree. They join popular brands including Longchamp, Il Bisonte and Rimowa. The other good news is that the store will be opposite Haigh's Chocolates - yet one more reason to visit.