Junya Watanabe Catwalk Fashion Show SS2011
Breton stripes are Watanabe’s main trend for next year. He used them throughout his whole collection. At first they popped up from under some suit jackets, later we saw them in combination with some toggle coats. Towards the end the models wore striped sweaters (with big front pockets) on white shorts.
Although Breton stripes are already a hit right now and therefore are not renewing at all, they did gave the collection it’s extra sailor’s twist. The sailor hats, the rolled up legs and the toggle coats matched with that perfectly.
By the way, the models looked like a bunch of sweaty sailors. Though they wore some high quality clothing, they were a mess. Their hair was all wet and their faces looked red and tired.
Watanabe’s coats and jackets were the highlight of the show; well made and with a proper fit. Especially the multiple variations of the toggle coat were a strong part of the collection. The white and blue jeans will also do well in stores next spring. Yet the Breton striped sweaters were kind of corny, since we are getting tired of this trend already.
Trends ss2010: black & white
Although you might expect bright colors for the summer-season, many designers chose black and white as their main colors. There were lots of outfits in full black or white, but also good combinations as well.
Rick Owens, Ann Demeulemeester and the two Japanese designers Yohji Yamamoto and Junya Watanabe didn’t use any color in their shows at all. Their designs were all in black, white and some hues of grey. Rick Owens’ designs stood out because they were very pointy. Watanabe’s clothes had black and white checks that matched with the checked shoes.
Givenchy showed some black and white in his renewing geometricaly shaped outfits. Jill Stuart made a few pairs of extraordinary black and white leggings. At the Moschino fashion show modern white blouses were mixed with black bows.
(Tess van Daelen)
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