Fumito Ganryu. Men's Fall 2019 – Paris Fashion Week (overview)

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In my opinion, a designer is saying goodbye in a defeated and sorrowful way when they change direction suddenly and loose perspective on an original idea.  Usually and I'll say this generally, it is the cause of poor teaching and mentoring, which encourages young inspiring designers to swiftly change to captivate markets that may or may not exist.  The terrible overused word 'adaption' is thrown around to ones who haven't even set a precedence.   Breaking the creative chain this early on in a career  is the beginning of the end.  Better to hold the line and steer the course, instant fame and gratification is a fallacy and the ten year rule is bullshit via a so called entrepreneurial talking head (sans their books selling).  There is only suffering and endurance to see how long one can achieve fame.  Yet, it still could be illusive thereafter.

No guarantees.

Fumitoi Ganryu is the newer of the Japanese designers to hit Paris, this is his second show.  To which he is fortunate enough to be inside the fashion industry having worked with Comme des Garçons, which has seemingly allowed him a back-door onto the Paris runways.  His first showing was interesting and unique, which maintained a style that from what I have seen was relatively new  in fashion world, his Fall 2019 show held very little resemblance to what his brand possibly was developing into, with only several attires displayed reflecting back to what his original mainstay looks (please refer to the previous review).  Rather, this is messy array of post-risque styles affixed to a sloppy conservative , which has Yohji Yamamoto imprints all over it, so the tinge of plagiarism is evident throughout this collection.