Description
Junya Watanabe COMME des GARÇONS FW2000 Wool Sweater. Is this the perfect sweater? We think so, so we’ll try to let it speak for itself. Perhaps it appeals in particular to our undying love for COMME des GARÇONS’ FW1994 collection, to which it bears several similarities. The sweater here has a beautiful design where the stitching is on the outside, giving the effect of it being turned inside out. The sleeves are quite long, the neckline is oval and the sweater fits tight to the body. Sewn in thin wool.
The model is 171cm tall.
Junya Watanabe is by far Rei Kawakubo’s most successful prodigy under COMME des GARÇONS. In many ways, he is also one of the reasons for the brand’s great success and massive influence. Shortly after his graduation from Bunka Fashion College, Junya Watanabe was hired as pattern maker for COMME des GARÇONS. In 1987 he was promoted to chief designer of COMME des GARÇONS Homme, becoming the first designer besides Rei Kawakubo to head clothing lines – later among Tao Kurihara, Fumito Ganryu and Kei Ninomiya. Junya Watanabe has managed to spread the word about COMME des GARÇONS in the West, especially in his work with CDG Junya Watanabe, Junya Watanabe MAN, eYe and his famous collaboration with Levi’s. He has time and again impressed with his reconstructed, deformed collections and has particularly shone in his alternative use of synthetic, technical textiles.