"He was a guiding light who made the idea of being yourself in public feel like something to aspire to, not something to fear." "He expanded the language of menswear." "His ineffable courage in being black, alpha, flamboyant, ageless, feminist, genius, private, and sexy, was so great we thought he couldn’t possibly be of our time -- our world, even." When a figure as monumental as PRINCE ROGERS NELSON passes, words often feel inadequate. Yesterday, they were a great comfort. I read tribute after tribute to the man, in essays, in tweets, in text messages and emails, and the clarity of those words -- ones by RAWIYA KAMEIR, ROBIN GIVHAN, and ANUPA MISTRY among them -- reflect how beloved and significant he was. His influence on the way we dress ourselves today is incalculable. He showed us how masculinity could be delicate, sensual, tough, and powerful all at once decades before labels like HOOD BY AIR hit the runway. Remember ALEXANDER WANG's "Parental Advisory Explicit Content" pieces? Wouldn't exist without PRINCE, for whom the stickers were invented. ALESSANDRO MICHELE's GUCCI should probably be paying royalties to PRINCE's estate. PRINCE's style, like his music, embodied so much of what is special about being human. The sublime complexity of sexuality and love. The never-ending puzzle of self-discovery. Fearless creation. Beauty for beauty's sake. Beauty because it's fun, because life is short. We've collected some tributes to PRINCE's style in the latest REDEF FashionSET: "Pink Cashmere, Raspberry Beret." Please do something funky this weekend -- it's what he would've wanted... BALENCIAGA is ramping up its menswear offering under new designer DEMNA GVASALIA. Savvy business decision, with menswear being an ever-growing sector of the luxury market, and a golden opportunity for GVASALIA to put his stamp on the brand. In womenswear, he'll always be compared both to former Creative Director NICOLAS GHESQUIÈRE and to BALENCIAGA himself, but with menswear, he's got something close to a blank slate.