excerpt: Y-3 Fall/Winter 2026, 2027 - Paris Fashion Week

 

 "...Yamamoto, over the years with his Y-3 arrangement, as offered a more tailored, and less goth sport look, keeping in check with his all black attire, with his Beni crimson colours, and white iconography.  In this case for his Fall 2026 collection, a collaboration with Seattle graffiti artists "Chito", representing his rough outline skulls, and "Paris" and "Japan" tags.  The youthful exuberance has been represented once again by Yamamoto, this time, by Gen Z, as the Ys, since 2002 are all moving into their 40s, although noted was a single male model who appears to be in his early 50s.  However Yamamoto Y-3 time capsule, does hold a surrelity, as mentioned, of static timelines of the last 20 years.

And, it is Gen Z, currently laying down the reactive protest towards global Fascism, if you have crawled out under a bunker somewhere, the world is now being overly structured, compressed and repressed by techno-fascists and fascist leaders.  With, and it has to be said, very little opposition from the previous Generations, apart from Gen Z, who are doing this without a counterculture buffer, which is unusual in our modern history..."

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Full review: chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2026/01/y-3-fallwinter-2026-2027-paris-fashion.html

(A. Glass 2026)