Maison Kitsuné’s “Effortless French” collection began with a stylish Skype chat between a French man and a New Yorker. Presented over the weekend at its house in Paris, the clothes displayed a certain deboanire sixties take on the eternal French man who can wear an exaggerated houndstooth check suit and still look relaxed. Kitsuné took the quiet urban blouson on a colorful trip to Florida in the collection’s abstract palm print and made military look arty, lining a satin flight jacket with an Op Art scatter pattern. The Kitsuné man is still the casual type who rolls up the sleeves and pant legs of his cottton suit to wear with a souvenir T-shirt. But he’s also elegant, even in shorts and a T-shirt. And he’s a bit retro too, in an endearing nerdy way in a mixed gingham check shirt style blouson. RV