Junya Watanabe SS27, Funky: a show in two parts split by the music, catsuits under studs and spikes, a crystal chandelier worn as a dress, circuit boards on bodices, pearls on biker jackets
Junya Watanabe showed on the morning of Saturday 3 October in Paris. The first half ran on Chaka Khan and the second on Michael Jackson, the gloves were studded, Michael Jackson style, and the trench coats were cut up into capes. The lace evening dresses of the second half ran to the floor, Victorian in feeling, and the finale was a bride.
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01JUNYA WATANABE CALLED HIS SPRING 2027 COLLECTION FUNKY AND SPLIT THE SHOW IN TWO, THE MUSIC MARKING THE TURN.
02FIRST, CATSUITS UNDER STUDS, SPIKES AND CRYSTAL FRINGE, THE MODELS WORKING THE RUNWAY TO A FUNK BEAT.
03ONE MODEL CAME OUT WEARING A CRYSTAL CHANDELIER.
04CIRCUIT BOARDS AND CHAINS WERE BUILT INTO DRESSES AND BODICES.
05CROPPED TWEED JACKETS AND CUT-UP BIKER JACKETS WERE HUNG WITH OVERSIZED PEARLS.
06THEN THE LIGHTS DIMMED, MICHAEL JACKSON'S I JUST CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU CAME ON, AND OUT WALKED LONG BLACK GOWNS WITH CRINOLINE HEMS.
07THE PALAIS DE TOKYO ROOM WAS SMALL AND THE AIR RAN OUT BEFORE THE SHOW STARTED.