Junya Watanabe


Junya Watanabe’s Cute/Not Cute Hybrids
There was a quiet ingenuity at work, but the source material — houses dresses — had a utilitarian dullness that levelled rather than lifted the collection.

Junya Watanabe’s Cute/Not Cute Hybrids
There was a quiet ingenuity at work, but the source material — houses dresses — had a utilitarian dullness that levelled rather than lifted the collection.

Human Sustainability at Junya Watanabe
Nothing reverberated with the shock of the new but the notion of creative circularity wouldn’t go amiss.

Human Sustainability at Junya Watanabe
Nothing reverberated with the shock of the new but the notion of creative circularity wouldn’t go amiss.

Junya Watanabe's Hard Rock Romance
The collection was appropriately rough and ragged but what registered most was its playfulness.

Junya Watanabe's Hard Rock Romance
The collection was appropriately rough and ragged but what registered most was its playfulness.

Junya Watanabe's Special Forces
The brand's latest collection had a innocent, boyish, summery edge, but there was an inescapable suggestion that, when the games stop, the shit gets real.

Junya Watanabe's Special Forces
The brand's latest collection had a innocent, boyish, summery edge, but there was an inescapable suggestion that, when the games stop, the shit gets real.

Gnomic Proclamations at Junya Watanabe
The collection had a clear motive, but the designer needs to bring back the creativity.

Gnomic Proclamations at Junya Watanabe
The collection had a clear motive, but the designer needs to bring back the creativity.

Connotations of Conflict at Junya Watanabe
The show began in birdsong but evoked the often violent disruptions in the natural order that have come to preoccupy us in the past year.

Connotations of Conflict at Junya Watanabe
The show began in birdsong but evoked the often violent disruptions in the natural order that have come to preoccupy us in the past year.

Top 10 Menswear Shows for Spring/Summer 2018
In a season dominated by graphic logos and sportswear-inflected collections, these designers stood out in an increasingly homogenised crowd.

Top 10 Menswear Shows for Spring/Summer 2018
In a season dominated by graphic logos and sportswear-inflected collections, these designers stood out in an increasingly homogenised crowd.

Utilitarian Aesthetics at Junya Watanabe
The collection made something functional into a thing of beauty — fashion’s highest achievement.

Utilitarian Aesthetics at Junya Watanabe
The collection made something functional into a thing of beauty — fashion’s highest achievement.

Junya Watanabe's Gleeful Abandon
Junya Watanabe’s sensational collection combined a DIY spirit with Glam and Punk youth cults.

Junya Watanabe's Gleeful Abandon
Junya Watanabe’s sensational collection combined a DIY spirit with Glam and Punk youth cults.

Elevating the Everyday in Paris
This men’s fashion season is all about getting back to reality and elevating the everyday, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

Elevating the Everyday in Paris
This men’s fashion season is all about getting back to reality and elevating the everyday, reports Angelo Flaccavento.