Very refined bondage plus a vegan breakfast buffet made for a healthy start at this morning’s Undercover womenswear presentation. It was held at Dover Street Market Paris: we filed through the courtyard, past the chair avalanche installation by Tadashi Kawamata, and headed downstairs. Once there we were greeted with a group of recognizably quotidian garments … Read more
Since his spring 2024 ready-to-wear show, Jun Takahashi has imbued a refreshing sense of lightness into his womenswear. There’s been sheer layering, billowing volumes, unlined tailoring, and outfits flattened into roomy dresses. It’s as if Takahashi has been purging his line of the superfluous, but without doing away with his delicate magpie eye for ornamentation. … Read more
When it comes to pre-collections, Jun Takahashi is not a man of many words. If his runways are emotional and overflowing with narratives that invite a myriad of interpretations, the lookbooks for his off-seasons come with little or no explanations. These clothes are less experimental and more grounded in daily life. The message seems to … Read more
In the wake of the contemplative transparencies and flower terrarium dresses that made the Undercover spring ’24 show so wistful and wondrous, this pre-collection delivered a surprisingly solid array of everyday attire. Granted, garments designed by Jun Takahashi are never ordinary, as evidenced by the cool jeans with flounced edges and blazers cut with a … Read more
In the wake of the contemplative transparencies and flower terrarium dresses that made the Undercover spring ’24 show so wistful and wondrous, this pre-collection delivered a surprisingly solid array of everyday attire. Granted, garments designed by Jun Takahashi are never ordinary, as evidenced by the cool jeans with flounced edges and blazers cut with a … Read more
Is shouldn’t be surprising that Jun Takahashi is a Twin Peaks aficionado. There are any number of parallels between the designer’s embrace of strangeness and the unsettling series by David Lynch that has stood the test of time. With official authorization, this collection made use of title graphics, a series of stills from key moments—some … Read more
