Though you might be forgiven thinking that menswear is currently going in more wayward directions than it ever has before, there’s still a fundamental truth in the fact that there aren’t, as it turns out, a great many different shapes and silhouettes in your typical gentleman’s wardrobe. In the 17th century, we had it all: embroidered frock coats, a range of stylish wigs, various shades and colours of beauty spots that, with a bit of glue, would happily jazz up one’s face for the evening. But since the early 20th century, when we all became grey corporate drones, we’ve basically had two ways of displaying our sartorial courage: colour or prints. Of course, not everyone is a fan of the latter option – when it comes to a wild print, the line between stylish fun and fun dad is ever so thin, after all. But if you are currently leaning this way, the early deliveries from the AW19 collections are offering plenty of ways to do it right. Take the following three print trends, fresh from the place that trends come from – wherever that is – and generously represented among this week’s new arrivals on MR PORTER.

We’ve had what seems like aeons of the ironic logo-print T-shirt, though in fact it’s only been a few years since Gucci did one and Balenciaga did one, and then everyone else did one, so as not to be out-did. It’s refreshing then, to see designers doing more interesting and weird things with their house insignia, such as the Givenchy shirt above. Boasting not one but six different graphic textures, from a floral print to an abstract, cheetah-like polka dot, it also makes ingenious, swirly and spiralling use of the Parisian brand’s “G” monogram. Wear it with something plain, like these Prada trousers, because six patterns are probably enough for one day.

Paisley is a print that you might associate with, say, the late 1960s, or London’s Carnaby Street. But it’s making a return this autumn as part of a wider, nostalgic, countercultural feeling, evident everywhere from Mr Dries Van Noten’s kaleidoscopic tie-dyed shirts to the preponderance of velvet and corduroy across the men’s collections. This particular paisley shirt, from New York’s Engineered Garments, is one of the first to drop and, with its deep, complex colour scheme and retro-styled curved hem, it’s hard to believe it won’t also be one of the best. Make like a rock star and wear it with this very band-practice-worthy bracelet from an expert in bohemian style, Isabel Marant.

Saw last season’s Sacai X Pendleton collaboration and liked it? Well, it seems that others liked it, too, which means that southwestern prints, as seen in the above shirt by Faherty, are currently on the style agenda. Start here, and if you’re hungry for more, proceed to RRL, who is offering up jackets and cardigans plastered with similar geometric delights and then, if you’re wandering back to the Sacai side, consider the wares of Alanui, an Italian brand that deals in this kind of thing. We are imagining this particular shirt on a weekend in the Hamptons, slung over a white T-shirt, with some a pair of Orlebar Brown shorts and, preferably, a bottle of Willamette Valley pinot noir. Yes, that ought to do it.