Fumito Ganryu. Florence Spring 2019 Men's

The new and upcoming Japanese designer Fumito Ganryu has revealed his debut show at Florence for his Spring 2019 collection.  In line with the significant magnitudes of noted Japanese fashion designers of the last forty years.  Ganryu who born in 1976 in Fukuoka, Japan, attended and graduated from the Bunka Fashion College in Tokyo in 2000.  In 2004 he became an intern at Comme des Garçons as their pattern maker for Junya Watanabe.  The connections between the relevant influences of  Watanabe and Comme Des Garçons are apparent with this collection, however, the more specific influence (in my opinion) is the Julius men’s Fall 2017 collection, which seemingly boarders on a slight  plagiarism - this could be seen as a nod of respect to the stalwart individualism of Tatsuro Horikawa (JULIUS).

Modernist style designs, cut and shaped in futuristic  arrays, this is not abstract forms as some reviewers have assumed.  Ganryu debut collection is more aligned with the conceptional artist Syd Mead's clean lines and commercialized visions of a tomorrow that could be seen as today.  Except, it isn't.  We live more within a post dystopic existence, that by all representation in contemporary fashion design - may represent its layered complexities (as noted with Samuel Ross's A-Cold-Wall's intricate representations) of future as now style clothing.  The cleanness and synthetic material shapes that bind Ganryu's collection together, as noted with other 'newer' Japanese designers, holds (as mentioned) the clean and sleekness of Japanese modern culture.  A simplicity.  That at times, like most cultures moving further into the 21st Century may hide the decay underneath.

Moroccan shaped Djellaba hooded robes, created with the material Neoprene, which apparently was used in most of the pieces for this collection.  Polyester often accentuates colors better than cotton and other materials which dampen the spectrum of various colors.  Once again, the sharpness of the color combinations, maintains Ganryu taintless style future, less grit, in comparison, to Tatsuro Horikawa collections.  More in line with the radiance of Rei Kawakubo's renown vision of style.   Still, avant garde fashion maybe moving slowly away from the predictable styles of decay and worn dystopian looks.  To possibly a more creative and original abstract style. 

Fumito Ganryu Spring 2019 collection color pallet ranges from sharp blues, monotone grays and greens, intense reds, yellows.  With tinges of beige within the predominant of black and white.