EXCERPT: JUNYA WATANABE FALL 2023 - PARIS FASHION WEEK.

 "...The Japanese fashion designer Junya Watanabe is no stranger to his conceptualization of the dystopic.   While orchestrating a reflective homage to the punk styles of the late 1970's,  Watanabe has managed to create a solid foundation for his signature label over the last three decades, persistently showcasing his collections at Paris fashion Week.  And his Fall 2023 array very much covers those aesthetics of social and environmental durability.

In tune with the calamity that is occurring from all sides globally, fashion offers a reflective expression or at least the possibility of what could be a new counter culture emerging, that by all definition still remains illusive.  There is no revolution, just yet.  And despite facing a Cold War part 2, extreme weather events and an economy that has and continues to fall apart after the pandemic.  Maybe, we can utilize this gloom and doom.  View it as a creative renewal.  A positive, rather than a negative..."

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Full review: chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2023/08/junya-watanabe-fall-2023-paris-fashion.html

(A.Glass 2023)