Junya Watanabe


At Paris Fashion Week, Less Was More
In an age of clickbait fashion, it was acts of reduction that, paradoxically, stood out most, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

At Paris Fashion Week, Less Was More
In an age of clickbait fashion, it was acts of reduction that, paradoxically, stood out most, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

Rip It Up And Start Again: Why We Love Comme des Garçons, Junya and Noir
Rei Kawakubo and her acolytes Junya Watanabe and Kei Ninomiya continue to offer the most idiosyncratic takes on fashion as we don’t know it, writes Tim Blanks.

Rip It Up And Start Again: Why We Love Comme des Garçons, Junya and Noir
Rei Kawakubo and her acolytes Junya Watanabe and Kei Ninomiya continue to offer the most idiosyncratic takes on fashion as we don’t know it, writes Tim Blanks.

The BoF Podcast | Tim Blanks and Imran Amed Recap The Season That Was
BoF’s editor-in-chief and editor-at-large walk through the highlights and unforgettable moments of fashion weeks in Milan and Paris.

The BoF Podcast | Tim Blanks and Imran Amed Recap The Season That Was
BoF’s editor-in-chief and editor-at-large walk through the highlights and unforgettable moments of fashion weeks in Milan and Paris.

The Triumph of Fashion’s Avant-Garde Is Never-Ending
Without fail, Japan’s finest will leave you somewhere between inspired and bemused.

The Triumph of Fashion’s Avant-Garde Is Never-Ending
Without fail, Japan’s finest will leave you somewhere between inspired and bemused.

Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Junya Watanabe Men's Autumn/Winter 2006
BoF’s Editor-at-Large connects the dots between the designer’s Spring/Summer 2021 collection and a mesmerising 2006 meditation on ‘Taxi Driver’ anti-hero Travis Bickle, which probed the heart of America’s darkness.

Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Junya Watanabe Men's Autumn/Winter 2006
BoF’s Editor-at-Large connects the dots between the designer’s Spring/Summer 2021 collection and a mesmerising 2006 meditation on ‘Taxi Driver’ anti-hero Travis Bickle, which probed the heart of America’s darkness.

The BoF Podcast: A Fashion Month Unlike Any Other
As wildfires swept across Australia and the coronavirus spread across the globe, Imran Amed and Tim Blanks reflect on how the world’s uncertainties have informed the Autumn/Winter 2020 season.

The BoF Podcast: A Fashion Month Unlike Any Other
As wildfires swept across Australia and the coronavirus spread across the globe, Imran Amed and Tim Blanks reflect on how the world’s uncertainties have informed the Autumn/Winter 2020 season.

Junya Watanabe’s Fever Dream
His woman clearly meant business. Dominance and submission demand an organised mind.

Junya Watanabe’s Fever Dream
His woman clearly meant business. Dominance and submission demand an organised mind.

Junya Watanabe's Transmogrified Trench Coats
The designer's scalpel-sharp dissections made for spectacular reworkings of achingly familiar components.

Junya Watanabe's Transmogrified Trench Coats
The designer's scalpel-sharp dissections made for spectacular reworkings of achingly familiar components.

Japanese Menswear Still Rules. Here's Why.
Yoshio Kubo, Bed J.W. Ford and Auralee were among a new crop of Japanese menswear designers who took Paris by storm, but the country’s enormous influence over the market runs deep.

Japanese Menswear Still Rules. Here's Why.
Yoshio Kubo, Bed J.W. Ford and Auralee were among a new crop of Japanese menswear designers who took Paris by storm, but the country’s enormous influence over the market runs deep.

Nowhere Men at Junya Watanabe
The clothes had an airiness, a freshness and an uncontrived nonchalance that he infused with a yearning for freedom.

Nowhere Men at Junya Watanabe
The clothes had an airiness, a freshness and an uncontrived nonchalance that he infused with a yearning for freedom.