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Junya Watanabe

Junya Watanabe
Fashion Week

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.

Fashion Week

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.


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Human Sustainability at Junya Watanabe

Nothing reverberated with the shock of the new but the notion of creative circularity wouldn’t go amiss.

Fashion Week

Human Sustainability at Junya Watanabe

Nothing reverberated with the shock of the new but the notion of creative circularity wouldn’t go amiss.


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Junya Watanabe's Hard Rock Romance

The collection was appropriately rough and ragged but what registered most was its playfulness.

Fashion Week

Junya Watanabe's Hard Rock Romance

The collection was appropriately rough and ragged but what registered most was its playfulness.


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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.

Fashion Week

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.


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Gnomic Proclamations at Junya Watanabe

The collection had a clear motive, but the designer needs to bring back the creativity.

Fashion Week

Gnomic Proclamations at Junya Watanabe

The collection had a clear motive, but the designer needs to bring back the creativity.


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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.

Fashion Week

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.


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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.

Fashion Week

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.


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Utilitarian Aesthetics at Junya Watanabe

The collection made something functional into a thing of beauty — fashion’s highest achievement.

Fashion Week

Utilitarian Aesthetics at Junya Watanabe

The collection made something functional into a thing of beauty — fashion’s highest achievement.


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Junya Watanabe's Gleeful Abandon

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

Fashion Week

Junya Watanabe's Gleeful Abandon

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


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Elevating the Everyday in Paris

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

Fashion Week

Elevating the Everyday in Paris

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