pictures from style.com

I have a noticed quite a lot of discussion recently on the online fashion forums about Junya Watanabe. This prompted me to have a look at Junya’s Autumn Winter collection as it is not something that I have seen much of in many of my usual reads like style.com and ElleUK. Junya’s collections have always make me think of a kind of grown up fashion that can be worn (and look great) on any women. 

Junya is the protege of Comme Des Garcons designer Rei Kawakubo. Junya has definitely followed in Rei’s footsteps producing innovative and distinctive clothes. He traditional textiles but also specialises in using technologically advanced textiles. His Autumn winter collection consisted of varying shades of grey jersey skirts, tops and dresses, draped and layered into veri interesting designs. The look was both relaxed and comfortable but at the same time chic and elegant. Junya’s clothes were beautifully and cleverley cut with sleeves that merged into hems and other unusual designs. The best thing for me about this collectionn was the way he draped the material to create long lines creating a very flattering silhoutte. Whilst the show was dramatic with the veiled faces and gloves did not detract all from the beauty and innovation of the clothes. I love the traditional boiled wool used in many of Junyas clothes and also in this stone boiled wool coat.