Takahiromiyashita: The Soloist. Men's Fall 2019 – Paris Fashion Week

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Tough, street combat inspired wear from Japanese designer Takahiro Miyashita, reworked futurist styles which keep in lockstep with fellow Japanese designers such as Julius (Tatsuro Horikawa), yet Miyashita has added more details an subtler textures as opposed to the other combat, street militaristic collections from similar designers  There is the distinctive appeasing to Japanese science fiction take ala Manga animation inspired characters of broken modern cities (inspired by 1970s French comic books and writers) and you can see where Miyashita styles would be aimed at, the plethora of Japanese young men entrapped in Virtual Reality and/or video games.  But, I would agree it would be more fun and significantly inspiring, sans the digitized fantasy, of roaming the neon-lit cities of Tokyo or the peeling gentrification of Western cities dressed in street attires that fits the occasion – in view of the revealing urban decay in all of its glory.  

Despite my aversion to the term unisex, as it is mythological term – as noted in my previous reviews that women can wear men's clothes, men struggle wearing and trying to look good in female attire.  But, this might sound like a slight contradiction, the one fashion item, or functional wear that seems to work well on both of the sexes is leggings.  Not too sure why, maybe legs are just legs – and it's the rest of the body that gives it away.  Hard to say, however I am a fan of leggings on men, depending on the formulation of style.  Miyashita has been able to style the non duality of the skintight sports pants on the male models and still make them look like men. Hanging straps, ala futuristic punk styles which has been other contemporary Japanese designer trademarks and it works.  Over-sized jackets, synthetic/wool wrapped around and protective face guards, covering the mouth and nose to assist the wearer when the tear gas rains down.  Despite the arrays of baggy and layered tops, the hitched up above the knee shorts (a male trend for 2019) maintains a nice balance, in conjunction with the pattern sport tights.

Takahiro Miyashita's Men's Fall 2019 darker color palette is set within a nice backdrop, in promoting a tough (and subtle) version of Tokyo style street wear.   The starkness of black, with shades of dark blues, infused pattern work, with the use of mostly synthetically enhanced materials, like nylon and polyester with overlays of heavy woolen accessories. Which in turn maintains the durability of this collection.