SZ MIX | JUN TAKAHASHI
Below is a mix from Jun Takahashi of UNDERCOVER.
Fashion Week Notes, Women’s S/S 2020 – Part 1
Paris, France – “Dries, now there is a real designer,” sighed my AirBnB landlord, after expressing his frustration about working for a major, and majorly uninspiring Parisian house. Indeed, he is and he proved it yet again with another sublime show. Each seat had a red rose on it with handwritten “DVN” X some other initials, which I only understood were that of Christian Lacroix, the legendary Parisian designer whose label has been defunct for some time and whom Van Noten brought on to collaborate for this collection. This was a “collab” in the Van Noten vein – a sign of mutual respect that did not stink of a money grab like many collaborations do. It was soulful, not cynical. And the clothes were sublime, with faint military influences on some pieces and with couture-like shapes on others that had Lacroix’s signature on them. Of course there were explosion of flowers, color, and couture-like embroidery. When Dries Van Noten brought Lacroix for the final bow it was a fashion moment fo sure. This was a longing for an idealized past of the kind I can get behind – bringing out people to refresh our collective fashion amnesia. Which made me think that we are not exactly forgetful – we do remember the greats… when we are reminded of their existence.
Watch the new Undercover Documentary About Its First Men’s Paris Show – The New Warriors
We would like to present to you the new Undercover documentary about the making of its first Paris show, “The New Warriors.”
Rare Undercover Books Are Now For Sale in Our e-Shop
Good news for all you Undercover fans! We have been able to finagle some very rare Undercover books.
Undercover S/S18 Women’s – Paris Backstage
We would like to present to you Undercover’s Spring/Summer 2018 Women’s Paris collection backstage.
Photography by Julien Boudet.
JohnUNDERCOVER S/S18 Men’s – Lookbook
We would like to present to you JohnUNDERCOVER’s Spring/Summer 2018 Men’s Paris collection lookbook.
Photos courtesy of JohnUNDERCOVER.
UNDERCOVER S/S18 Men’s – Lookbook
We would like to present to you UNDERCOVER’s Spring/Summer 2018 Men’s Paris collection lookbook.
Photos courtesy of UNDERCOVER.
Undercover Monograph
It is hard to believe that that the perennially young Japanese label UNDERCOVER turned 25 last year. As part of the anniversary, the publisher Rizzoli is releasing a 256-page book on the brand ($65). It is the first comprehensive overview of UNDERCOVER’s body of work and the first book on the brand available in the West (if you can find it, hunt down the fantastic “The Shepherd,” which documented UNDERCOVER’s first Parisian shows.)
Undercover S/S17
We would like to present to you Undercover’s Spring/Summer 2017 Men’s collection lookbook.
The Ups and Downs Of the Paris Fashion Week
So, I finally went to the Paris women’s fashion week (and liked it). I arrived fashionably late and missed a few shows that I would have loved to see, but I got to see a bunch. Everyone warned me that the women’s fashion week is more hectic than the men’s, but I did not find it so. If anything, it seemed more relaxed because spread over a longer period of time.