Excerpt: Y-3. Spring 2026 - Paris Fashion Week

 

"...For the latest Y-3 ensemble, it was held at the Palais Brongniart convention centre, built by Napoleon in the early 19th Century, and once the Paris Stock Exchange,  Yamamoto, this time, has compressed and downsized his showing for his Y-3 Spring 2026 collection, no flashy runway, or theatrical imprint to rouse the youth, rather it was the Kianí Del Valle dance group, adporened in Y-3's draped, dark and flowing styles, rhythmically dancing within, as mentioned, a relatively confined space.  And Yamamoto, for the first time since the 2002 collaboration with Adidas, has just made Y-3 a minimalist projection, even if is a brief visual experiment, seen not only with the setting, but also the clothing.    From fine textured Rayon, drapey cottons, stylized and flowing, with its dark/light dichotomy and mysterious overture.  Whilst mostly being devoid of commercial symbolism, sans the Y-3 logo, which holds an aesthetical edge over the Adidas 'stripes', for the many who can afford the clothes.  Yamamoto latest array reflects a stunning minimalism, not yet seen with Y-3.  Until now.

With each dancer dramatising their movements under a dimmed interior, whilst dancing on blackened sand, choreographed by Puerto Rican born and now based Berlin dancer Kianí Del Valle.  The artistic concept felt, as disciplined and fluid movements do, offering a spiritually uplifting experience, even if it is to assist in selling a brand name, but subtly reflecting, that glitz and fame doesn't last."  

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(A.Glass 2025)

Full review: chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2025/07/y-3-spring-2026-paris-fashion-week.html