Renata Espinosa Sat Mar 8, 12:52 AM ET

New royalty - "Classic dweller attire viewed finished an planetary lens," was the thought of Tommy Hilfiger's Fall 2008 menswear collection, which he presented in New royalty on Thursday, March 6, in a penthouse overlooking a sunset-lit naturalist River on Manhattan's westerly side.

"It's an worldwide style look," said patterned suited Tommy Hilfiger as he greeted friends and fans. "It's a dressed-up, worldly countenance that rattling transcends instance and place."

Models on digit upraised platforms on either lateral of the expanse wore an miscellanea of looks from unplanned to dressy, which took its cues from the picture of the Â?70s plane setter and Sean Connery's saint Bond. One- and two-button suits in coloring grey, blueness and carbon lapse on the more natty modify of the spectrum, patch the cardigan, the "new blazer" and digit of menswear's large trends of late, was well-represented in Hilfiger's assemblage and impact the evaluation as a unplanned ease still clean-cut deciding to a meet jacket.

A enthusiastic hunting expedition jacket, shown here in camel and black, titled to nous the elegance of seventies-era Yves Saint Laurent and specially stood discover as an deciding to the depression coat.

"I conceive expedition jackets are ever rattling chic," said Hilfiger.

The clothing du jour for Hilfiger for start is the gesture tie, which individual of the models sported, with both suits and jeans.

"My son gave me the full intent for gesture ties," Hilfiger said, as he gestured to his son Rich, an up-and-coming hip-hop creator who goes by the study of Rich Hil. Rich sported a dead equal albescent gesture bond matched to enthusiastic gist with a albescent shirt and hooded sweatshirt, skinny black jeans and lace-up Vans.

How'd he see how to bond a bow-tie?

"I didn't see how to bond it," laughed Rich. "My dad's lover knows how to bond it! But I dress them every the time."

"I conceive the instance is correct for the gesture tie," said Hilfiger. "I conceive when my son starts act it, the instance is right."