Rei Kawakubo's radical volumes and forms, Junya Watanabe's structural take on punk, and Kei Ninomiya's intricate constructions of flowers and sculptural embellishments. At the SS27 re-see in Paris, the collections of Comme des Garçons, Junya Watanabe and Noir Kei Ninomiya gathered in one space. They may share the same roof, but their approaches to clothes could not be more different.
Comme des Garçons commands attention through sheer formal audacity. A bra top with black plastic rods radiating outward like spines, shoulder lines jutting up like sharpened spikes. Volume that erases the body's outline and claims space instead. Kawakubo still refuses the grammar of wearable clothing.
Junya Watanabe translates punk into structure. Red polka-dot fabric bunched into sculptural sleeves, a blue jacket recut into exaggerated proportions. Deconstruction always comes with architecture here. In his hands, punk becomes not chaos but calculated balance.
Kei Ninomiya plays with delicacy. Layers folded like petals, sculptural ornaments shaping three-dimensional silhouettes. Even a white sneaker is molded into a wave-form platform, almost like sculpture. Seen up close, the materials and details reveal three distinctly different design languages.
Which language speaks to you?
Comme des Garçons commands attention through sheer formal audacity. A bra top with black plastic rods radiating outward like spines, shoulder lines jutting up like sharpened spikes. Volume that erases the body's outline and claims space instead. Kawakubo still refuses the grammar of wearable clothing.
Junya Watanabe translates punk into structure. Red polka-dot fabric bunched into sculptural sleeves, a blue jacket recut into exaggerated proportions. Deconstruction always comes with architecture here. In his hands, punk becomes not chaos but calculated balance.
Kei Ninomiya plays with delicacy. Layers folded like petals, sculptural ornaments shaping three-dimensional silhouettes. Even a white sneaker is molded into a wave-form platform, almost like sculpture. Seen up close, the materials and details reveal three distinctly different design languages.
Which language speaks to you?
FAQ
What defines the Comme des Garçons SS27 collection?
Rei Kawakubo rejected conventional garment construction with radical shapes and volumes—bra tops radiating black plastic rods, shoulders spiked like thorns—erasing the body's silhouette and occupying space rather than draping it.
What style does the Junya Watanabe SS27 collection showcase?
Bunched red polka-dot fabric forming sleeves and blue jumpers cut in exaggerated silhouettes translate punk's language into structure, marked by calculated deconstruction and carefully engineered balance throughout the collection.
What are the design highlights of Noir Kei Ninomiya's SS27 collection?
Kei Ninomiya crafted sculptural silhouettes through petal-like layering and dimensional embellishments, with meticulous detail extending even to white sneakers molded into wave-shaped platforms resembling wearable art pieces.
