Junya Watanabe Fall 2009- Hunting for Americana
Junya Watanabe is still up to taking iconic American sportswear and giving it his signature funky twist– playing with texture, scale & functionality.
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The Japanese have a thing for Americana, but if anyone’s going to get you Mississippi yearning, it’s Junya Watanabe. For fall, the designer pushed into a new frontier with his ode to hunting and fishing, disassembling each garment and morphing it into something new– a gamekeeper jacket with rifle patches became a part-down, part-tweed blazer. From the waist down, Watanabe took his ongoing collaboration with Levi’s to the great outdoors, adding leather patches and exaggerated turn-ups, while high waters and corduroy knickers also flooded the collection. Although its theme is a well-trod one, Watanabe’s collection was full of novelty and added a much-needed touch of levity to fashion week.
A tailored pinstripe suit and shirt – part of Watanabe’s collaboration with Brooks Brothers – reversed into a quilted hunting jacket with a buffalo plaid collar.
two– two– two coats in one.
Again– tailored pinstripe suit and shirt – part of Watanabe’s collaboration with Brooks Brothers – reversed into a quilted hunting jacket.
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Very cool. I love the sweater in the first photo and the reversible jackets.
The details and tailoring are unbelievable. I would have to have the trousers a bit longer though.
ThomBrowne style invading thru’ with the trouser/shirt lengths… i like!
although his clothes are as tight-fitting as thom browne’s, watanabe has been doing this for a long time.
yamamoto, comme and watanabe had been shortening men’s trousers for several years now.
Watanabe has a great eye for color – there’s always something fresh and unexpected about the way he puts outfits together.
Hi.
I’ve been enjoying the hell out of your blog today.
Do you know about the shoes at this Watanabe RTW show? I couldn’t find much about Watanabe men’s shoes.
Thanks!