Junya Watanabe S/S 2014 Paris

[Bernadette]

Photos courtesy of style.com

 

[Bernadette]

Photos courtesy of style.com

 

[Bernadette]

Photos courtesy of style.com

 

[Bernadette]

Photos courtesy of style.com

 

[Bernadette]

Photos courtesy of style.com

 

[Vitamine W]

Jawdroppingly amazing. Gesamtkunstwerk!

 

[Razzer]

Fantastic Collection! My personal favourite to come out of Paris yet, there is just so much exquisite fashion in this collection!

 

[TheoG]

Look #21,trench coat is amazing I can't wait to see it photographed.

 

[Uemarasan]

I agree. Best show of the season so far, especially after I was disappointed by the few previous collections from Junya. There are still a couple of shows to look forward to (Comme des Garcons, Celine, Sacai, Anrealage), but this will be hard to beat.

 

[elle_gb]

Stunning!!!

 

[Bernadette]

Entering Junya Watanabe’s spring venue, at Paris’ natural history museum, guests had to pass under a giant dinosaur skeleton suspended from the ceiling. There were no Jurassic expeditions for Watanabe, though — instead, he jumped millions of years ahead with a trip to Native Americana, spun in his own impressive way. It was beautiful.

The designer approached the theme via fringe, which he worked with ravishing variety. It appeared to be made from draped blankets on cool black dresses, and came as unexpected details elsewhere — on the hem of a chic reworked trenchcoat, the cuffs of a tailored jacket, dangling from poncholike tops.

Watanabe interpreted the stringy look more subtly, with fine fraying on a caped beige top paired with a draped brown skirt. This was Pocahontas at her most stylish, the models’ braided hair tousled to add a rastafarian-meets-punk edge.

Watanabe’s strength is in taking a singular idea and riffing on it in surprising new ways without feeling repetitive or boring. The collection demonstrated this perfectly, down to the mesmerizing feather headpieces that graced the last few exits — true creatures of the wild.

Source: wwd.com

 

[Scott]

i see a lot of that native american influence indefinitely but i loved that he interpreted it in such figurative way....the way junya sees it.

nice to see junya back on form too.

 

[Phuel]

Truly wow. Just stellar.

The overall composition is delicate and sharp-- genuinely beautiful to the concept and respectful to the reference source. Lesser designers always, but probably not intentionally, offer such cliche and even offensive interpretations to other races and cultures when they appropriate cultural themes. This is so thoughtful as a tribute, and so, so creative and just beautiful as a concept.

I adore Junya for this. With Yohji on autopilot, and Rei seemingly off reminiscing of her student-years, Junya is literally Rumplestiltskin, masterfully spinning straw into gold this season with this intelligent and stunning collection.

 

[Not Plain Jane]

Oh my! This is visionary work.

He takes the wild west trope and truly makes it wild again, adding a kind of dystopian Mad Max feeling to it. It's absolutely gobsmacking!!

The hair and head-dresses are wonderful on their own, but combined with the abundant textures and references, they become crowning glories.

This is Americana in the darkest and yet best way, combining the cliche (denim) and indigenous references at once into a more hybrid truth. There is something decidedly hippie about this too, the hair almost in dreadlocks, the buckskins and fringe. Is it a kind of re-appropriation? Anyhow, very stunning to look at and interesting to think about.

Transcendent to me - fantastic!

 

[Andymoon]

Student work. Sorry.

 

[Mat Cyruss]

Awesome, love the collection

 

[Melisande]

Mm, this is lovely!
He is such a master of proportion and equilibrium.