Reblog: March 12, 2022 UNDERCOVER. FALL 2022 READY-FOR-WEAR. TOKYO

 

(Image:  Undercover 2022)

"You have  to  admire  Jun  Takahashi's  presentations,  one  of  the  most  creative  and  interesting  designers to  come  out  of  Japan  in  the  last  twenty  years  when  he  first  showed  at  Paris  Fashion  Week  in  2002, representing  a  mix  of  eclectic  Western  stylizations  with  unique  Japanese  aesthetics,  he  has  always been an intriguing  host of  that lost-in-translation  Japan  ethos and  its charm of emulating Western concepts of fashion.      His  brand  Undercover  maintains  its  street  style  reflection  of  neon  Tokyo,  in its  manifestations  of  the  gritty  subculture  of Punk,  which  over  the  many  years  as  the  significant counterculture  it  once  was,  its  relevance ever since has  been  watered  down,  particularly  in  relation  to  fashion.  Yet,  Takahashi  has  been  able  to  draw  out  elements  of  Punk  aesthetics, redefining them as his own designs under the Undercover brand name. 

As  noted  with  other  designers,  the  avant-garde  is  making  a  return  to  the  runway,  leaving  behind  the modernist,  cleaner  and  tailored  looks,  for  the  deconstruction,  asymmetrical  styles.    Possible testament  to  the  times  we  are  living  in,  where  we  may  all be looking  for  that  next  counterculture  in a  tumultuous  world,  yet,  it  seems,  so  far,  elusive.... "

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Full review: UNDERCOVER. FALL 2022 READY-FOR-WEAR. TOKYOUO