Kenzo Menswear F/W 2025.26 Paris

[LadyJunon]

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

It is Japan season in Paris!
Not only Rei, Junya, Yohji are there but also Vuitton, Dior and Kenzo are drawing inspiration from Nippon culture.
I quite enjoyed the more simple looks from the beginning and the end. The paisley and the flower prints were not to my taste.
I was surprised to find in the floral prints (or embroideries?) what looks like an atom icon.
For such a collection, inspired by Japan, made by a Japanese, in a house with French-Japanese heritage, to hint to such a tragic moment in their history was something I wasn't expecting.
When the pictures are available I will zoom in, because I might be wrong.
A nice collection with nice music as well.

 

[TomBlanksFullFatMiuMiu]

Somehow, Vuitton feels more like Nigo than Nigo himself. His first few seasons at Kenzo were amazing, but now he seems to have lost it. I can sense the pressure he's under from the board. Can't they just do a lookbook like Supreme? It feels cooler that way.

 

[yslforever]

It is Japan season in Paris!
Not only Rei, Junya, Yohji are there but also Vuitton, Dior and Kenzo are drawing inspiration from Nippon culture.
I quite enjoyed the more simple looks from the beginning and the end. The paisley and the flower prints were not to my taste.
I was surprised to find in the floral prints (or embroideries?) what looks like an atom icon.
For such a collection, inspired by Japan, made by a Japanese, in a house with French-Japanese heritage, to hint to such a tragic moment in their history was something I wasn't expecting.
When the pictures are available I will zoom in, because I might be wrong.
A nice collection with nice music as well.

Paris always has been in love with Japan ! Remember Hanae Mori in Haute Couture ? She was the first I think.
And I love this collection, or at least the first thick bicolor jackets. The red/beige one is for me.

 

[jeremydante]

Couldn't get into this one. I have a deep seated resistance to spring color stories for fall/winter.
Also not into the whimsy elements that were incorporated.

 

[fashionmarketeditor]

This was the first collection with Joshua Bullen on board, who’s now the design director at Kenzo (he oversaw menswear at Givenchy after Matthew Williams left). I quite liked the pinstripe stuff and mohair coats.

 

[Lola701]

I like his Kenzo because it feels very Japanese but I don’t think it’s working. It lacks that element of fun. Maybe he needs a Pharrell collab.
Instead of getting someone from Givenchy, they should have asked someone from Moschino or JWA to be design director.

 

[j02215]

There’s this juvenile energy to his work, even when toned down, that I just cannot get onboard with.

It’s sad when no one in Japan wants to wear this stuff.

 

[IndigoHomme]

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[IndigoHomme]

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[FashionFanatico]

Nigo really must be one of the most overrated «designers» out there.
Nobody cares about Kenzo and this soulless collection will not change it.