EXCERPT: Y-3. SPRING 2025 - PARIS FASHION WEEK

 

"...The postmodern deconstructive looks, replaced with the modernized and structured, but nevertheless balanced between a conglomerative utopia, and dystopic decline.   Can both work within the same space, as an ageless paradigm?

Probably not, and the weight of time bears down on all.  To keep Y-3 fresh and consistent within in its youthful relevance.  The subtle stylizations of Yamamoto's mastery with Y-3 could be overlooked, yet with the 2025 Spring collection it holds a familiar cue to Yamamoto's legacy.  The styles on show reflect a mature sophistication, less futuristic and young, and more aligned with Yamamoto's sombre timeline of the world weary and worn torn collection from his own signature label, which was predominate on the Paris runaways and lookbooks after the 2020 pandemic.  

While the Adidas PR teams apparently crammed in as many 20 something 'celebrities' they could muster for the Y-3 Spring  runway show in Paris, the latest array is no youthful celebration.  Of late, Yamamoto has been deliberately slowing down his model's runway walks, whilst inserting gray haired reflections of youth, that being older models walking side by side for his signature label.   And Y-3 appears to have not to been spared by Yamamoto's aging process.  Thus, the Y-3 paradigm has been replaced by a paradox.  To which the master designer has left an open imprint for the wearer.  If one was so inclined to discern.

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Full review: chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2024/06/y-3-spring-2025-paris-fashion-week.html  

(A.Glass 2024)