Junya Watanabe


Utilitarian Aesthetics at Junya Watanabe
The collection made something functional into a thing of beauty — fashion’s highest achievement.

Utilitarian Aesthetics at Junya Watanabe
The collection made something functional into a thing of beauty — fashion’s highest achievement.

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

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

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

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

Junya Watanabe's Signature Mutations
Junya Watanabe's forensic eye for detail dissected and subtly reconstituted the most prosaic pieces of clothing, giving them new life.

Junya Watanabe's Signature Mutations
Junya Watanabe's forensic eye for detail dissected and subtly reconstituted the most prosaic pieces of clothing, giving them new life.

Just In: Junya Watanabe Spring/Summer 2017
See all the looks from Junya Watanabe's Spring/Summer 2017 collection.

Just In: Junya Watanabe Spring/Summer 2017
See all the looks from Junya Watanabe's Spring/Summer 2017 collection.

Junya Watanabe’s Tatto-ed Gangsters
There’s a tweaky little alt-punk thing nibbling at the edges of fashion right now. So maybe this was Watanabe’s Mudd Club collection.

Junya Watanabe’s Tatto-ed Gangsters
There’s a tweaky little alt-punk thing nibbling at the edges of fashion right now. So maybe this was Watanabe’s Mudd Club collection.

Junya Watanabe's Abstract Transcendence
Junya Watanabe showed clothing and accessories whose purely geometric shapes were a form of wearable madness.

Junya Watanabe's Abstract Transcendence
Junya Watanabe showed clothing and accessories whose purely geometric shapes were a form of wearable madness.

Narrative and Neorealism
In today’s “société du spectacle,” fashion shows increasingly resemble brutally concise theatre, sampling everything from war to the cult of the derelict.

Narrative and Neorealism
In today’s “société du spectacle,” fashion shows increasingly resemble brutally concise theatre, sampling everything from war to the cult of the derelict.

Sartorial Form and Function
The notoriously incommunicative designer breaks his silence for shoes.

Sartorial Form and Function
The notoriously incommunicative designer breaks his silence for shoes.

Junya Watanabe Travels Far, Far Away for Spring
Futuristic accessories do all the work in Junya Watanabe's new collection.

Junya Watanabe Travels Far, Far Away for Spring
Futuristic accessories do all the work in Junya Watanabe's new collection.