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  • inaya
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2008
    • 261

    Junya Wantanabe Man S/S 09 Paris

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    Last edited by inaya; 04-15-2009, 03:14 PM.
  • Faust
    kitsch killer
    • Sep 2006
    • 37852

    #2
    Junya Watanabe Mens S/S 09 - Paris



    Really boring. Posting only a few pictures, because it's basically the same couple of looks repeated ad nauseaum.











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    • Faust
      kitsch killer
      • Sep 2006
      • 37852

      #3
      Re: Junya Watanabe Mens S/S 09 - Paris







      Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

      StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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      • Faust
        kitsch killer
        • Sep 2006
        • 37852

        #4
        Re: Junya Watanabe Mens S/S 09 - Paris







        Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

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        • Faust
          kitsch killer
          • Sep 2006
          • 37852

          #5
          Re: Junya Wantanabe Man S/S 09 Paris

          oopsie daisy. let me see if i can merge our threads. if i knew, i certainly wouldn't bother!
          Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

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          • matthewhk
            Senior Member
            • Jan 2007
            • 1049

            #6
            Re: Junya Wantanabe Man S/S 09 Paris

            what makes it even more boring is the fact Junya has been on THIS kick for the past what, 3 seasons now including this one? Just seems to have mixed a few elements throughout each of them to combine it into a summary. He needs to move on....

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            • what_counts
              Senior Member
              • Mar 2008
              • 170

              #7
              Re: Junya Wantanabe Man S/S 09 Paris



              I agree with matthew but overall this is my favorite of the collections like this its cleaner and seems easier to wear, I'm loving those contrast color button ups and the shorts and slimmer denim look great



              although i'm not really feeling the patterned lined rolled up jeans

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              • #8
                Re: Junya Wantanabe Man S/S 09 Paris

                i love the rolled jeans 50's greaser looks, the denim looks much better this season.

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                • ean
                  Junior Member
                  • Feb 2008
                  • 11

                  #9
                  Re: Junya Wantanabe Man S/S 09 Paris

                  Holy crap, how long did this show take?

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                  • Faust
                    kitsch killer
                    • Sep 2006
                    • 37852

                    #10
                    Re: Junya Wantanabe Man S/S 09 Paris



                    [quote user="ean"]Holy crap, how long did this show take?[/quote]



                    way too long, considering that it's three looks in different colors.

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                    • casem
                      Senior Member
                      • Sep 2006
                      • 2590

                      #11
                      Re: Junya Wantanabe Man S/S 09 Paris

                      I liked it when he first started on his dandy kick, but 3 seasons later this is getting ridiculousAND this is the most boring of the 3. I'm usually not crazy about "theme" designers, but I think JW is better when he has a theme ie. Bikers, Taxi Driver or even jersey fabric asin his last women's collection. His strength seems to be in doing infinite and interesting permutations of one single idea, but when he's been riffing on the same idea for 3 seasons now, it gets really old.
                      music

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                      • mesh
                        Senior Member
                        • Dec 2006
                        • 976

                        #12
                        Re: Junya Wantanabe Man S/S 09 Paris

                        This past spring junya was the best and fall appears to be pretty good but I think this is banking on prior success => not a good idea.

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                        • Real Real
                          Senior Member
                          • Feb 2007
                          • 619

                          #13
                          Re: Junya Wantanabe Man S/S 09 Paris

                          I guess a lot of the jackets are reversible. The navy blazer with gingham lapels becomes a gingham jacket with navy lapels. That's kind of cool.

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                          • soultek
                            Senior Member
                            • Feb 2007
                            • 400

                            #14
                            Re: Junya Wantanabe Man S/S 09 Paris



                            After reading the ID article on Junya, I think it kind of obviates him from having to fit into the molds of what a fashion designer should be. In the article he talked about being asked to do menswear by Rei. He admitted to not knowing a thing about menswear. His collections are an effort to learn how to design menswear. This explains a lot of the deconstruction that he does. It also explains the collaborations he does with very 'classic' menswear brands (brooks bros., Levis, Nike, etc.). I find this a humble and interesting approach to design.



                            That being said, perhaps he is honing in on a particular thing? I, for one, like it. I agree that it's getting repetitive. However, if he is getting comfortable with a particular thing and is seeking to make it his own, then wouldn't he need a little repetition to make his point known? Of course a lot of this is presumptuous on my part.



                            I think there's a lot of room for menswear in this department: reinvented classic british/american menswear looks. Although many on this board seem to detest this aesthetic, I feel that it will always be relevant. I feel that it's very difficult to make this stuff look fresh, and I feel that Junya has done a good job at it.

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                            • Faust
                              kitsch killer
                              • Sep 2006
                              • 37852

                              #15
                              Re: Junya Wantanabe Man S/S 09 Paris

                              [quote user="soultek"]

                              After reading the ID article on Junya, I think it kind of obviates him from having to fit into the molds of what a fashion designer should be. In the article he talked about being asked to do menswear by Rei. He admitted to not knowing a thing about menswear. His collections are an effort to learn how to design menswear. This explains a lot of the deconstruction that he does. It also explains the collaborations he does with very 'classic' menswear brands (brooks bros., Levis, Nike, etc.). I find this a humble and interesting approach to design.



                              That being said, perhaps he is honing in on a particular thing? I, for one, like it. I agree that it's getting repetitive. However, if he is getting comfortable with a particular thing and is seeking to make it his own, then wouldn't he need a little repetition to make his point known? Of course a lot of this is presumptuous on my part.



                              I think there's a lot of room for menswear in this department: reinvented classic british/american menswear looks. Although many on this board seem to detest this aesthetic, I feel that it will always be relevant. I feel that it's very difficult to make this stuff look fresh, and I feel that Junya has done a good job at it.



                              [/quote]



                              That is true. There is only problem, in my opinion, with being "repetitive" - you have to first develop a clear sartorial vocabulary for that, they way Yohji and Ann has done. Junya Man premise #1 (reinterpretation of existing classics) seems to largely (not fully) preclude him from doing that. He definitely has certain elements there - reversibility, de/reconstruction, just not enough to immediately snap your fingers at seeing something without a label and say "Oh, that's Junya!" Maybe now he is in a bit of a rot because he's referenced pretty much everything there is to reference - the suit, the military, the biker, the sportswear. What else is left? I'd like to see him do an astronaut, that maybe cool actually.

                              Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

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