June 27, 2014 |
“Will you guest-blog that?” Asked Antony.
“Words fail me!” said I, “But I’ll give it a go.”
Readers this was one of the most convincing Junya Watanabe shows I’ve seen (forgive the first person).
I’m loyal to this house. I have been since day one. I’ve signed up and I’ll keep investing. It’s like joining your local bank as a kid and growing up with them – pocket money to mortgage.
To the clothes and I guess we should start from the bottom up and the majority of models wore flip flops – how odd and a nod to the Japanese theme which ran throughout the show, like the sumo-style hair and heavily drawn on and flick-y eyebrows. For me and you though, a pointy penny loafer.
Jeans: Oxford bags, some slimmed towards the ankle after a baggy bottom and low-ish crotch; there were blue cotton trousers too.
Tops: a triumph and as I understand from friends in London’s Dover Street Market, shirts sell particularly well at the store. The spring coats (lightweight) were techno, this means waterproof and city-living-proof with heat-sealed joins, peaked hoods and all blue – in fact everything was a shade of blue bar some black trousers and a flash of red on a patchwork coat at the end. The shirts had all the yoke detail we’ve come to expect but the new message was the above patchwork. These will sell.
In the meantime the author will attempt to find a job in a bar as he tries to find a way to feed his Junya addiction before stock hits shops next spring.
Richard Gray
Richard Gray is the Executive Fashion Director of The Sunday Times Style
