Y-3 S/S 08 New York

[softgrey]

i love it so much...
but after finding out that most of it is runway only and will never be produced...
i have lost a lot of interest...
what is the point of clothes that will never be available to the public...

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[SomethingElse]

Thanks to whoever stitched the two threads together. I guess searching for three character terms doesn't work.

 

[laika]

i love it so much...
but after finding out that most of it is runway only and will never be produced...
i have lost a lot of interest...
what is the point of clothes that will never be available to the public...

...

Whaaat? That is ridiculous--why on earth wouldn't they produce this? I loved it too. did you go to the show?

 

[seanutbutter]

A mention of the show in Cathy Horyn's fashion blog:

I was on my way this afternoon to Rodarte, on W. 22nd Street, when I thought a water main had erupted. A little Niagara was pouring off an overpass, and models were catwalking across the street as publicists were escorting editors under umbrellas. Then I realized there was a water tanker on the street, with snaking hoses, and this was not another public utilities disaster. I asked a man in work clothes what was happening. I almost dreaded the answer.

“It’s for a fashion show,” he said without expression.

Apparently it was for the Y-3 show. Sprays of water were coming into my face and hair. Julie Gilhart, the Barneys fashion director, and I huddled under an umbrella and scurried through the mist. I thought of Joseph Cotton in “Niagara.” Why do fashion houses have a special talent for inconveniencing people?

 

[wheneveriwakeup]

Srsly, softgrey? How odd. I actually think a lot of this would sell very well. I thought the sneakers retailed atleast...?

 

[laika]

A mention of the show in Cathy Horyn's fashion blog:

She needs to lighten up a little, no? What could be nicer than a splash of thunder and rain on a hot sticky day?

 

[seanutbutter]

She needs to lighten up a little, no? What could be nicer than a splash of thunder and rain on a hot sticky day?

I know, and it's just water! It's not going to stain her clothes or anything.

 

[Manuva]

I'm desperate to see the video of this show, apparently it started with a storm.

 

[elia]

I think i'm starting to like this brand!

 

[laika]

style.com review

NEW YORK, September 8, 2007 – Who but Yohji Yamamoto would bring us a thunderstorm on a sunny day? Y-3, backed by Adidas, always has a big production budget, and for Spring that stretched to special-effects weather. Lured to an empty parking garage in the industrial environs of West Chelsea, the audience was surrounded by the ominous boom of thunderclaps and the clatter of heavy rain on the rooftops. But this wasn't going to be a dark, dystopian show. There was an optimism in the clothes, with strong pops of color among all the black and white. You sensed a message here, somewhere, about the hybrid line's customer: She is a young urbanite cool enough to thrive in a threatening cityscape. Fall's layers had been lightened up. Windbreakers were worn over deconstructed polo-shirtdresses and (more curiously) an ensemble of tank top, sarong, and leggings. Yohji-isms were present here and there, in wide-legged jeans that recaptured his Chaplin look of a few seasons past, or a black Victorian skirt topped by a sporty nylon jacket. Still, all the athletic urbanisms began to get a bit monotonous after a while. A rockabilly getup, complete with creepers and worn by the perfect model, Freja Beha Erichsen, broke things up for a moment, but it was all too brief.

– Meenal Mistry

 

[gius]

i like some of these diagonal cuts ..
it would be nice if they played more with the men's side
i mean it doesn't seem to be too hard to do similar ideas for the men's clothing like edges that are not straight, etc.

 

[Bidwell]

Although one can find quite a bit of stuff here, the prices are just too expensive and the minimums a powerhouse like Adidas must have to produce any one model must be too high for everything to go into production. Too bad. As an activewear line, it doesn't get better as a collaboration. He's very inventive.

 

[wheneveriwakeup]

"A young urbanite cool enough to thrive in a threatening cityscape..."

I love that. Yohji's clothes always spell 'protection', I think. Love his philosophy. It's so modern.

 

[laika]

He doesn't design it though, right? I thought it was purely a licensing agreement.

And I agree it is *very* expensive. I saw a knit for around $600, which is comparable to Y's.

 

[softgrey]

no- he is definitely involved...
i don't know to what extent...
at least in the runway presentation...

as far as what hits stores..
i think that is more of a purely licensed thing...
mostly track suits and variation of sneakers...

 

[adorefaith]

i wish i was a boy...
so that i could wear some of this...
so cool and effortless...

the girls stuff speaks to me a bit less....

 

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