Junya Watanabe Women - Tweed Blazer (W40)

Classic couture meets classic streetwear.(2003 F/W Vogue review)What they were wearing included tea dresses with sunshade stripes,…

Classic couture meets classic streetwear.

(2003 F/W Vogue review)
What they were wearing included tea dresses with sunshade stripes, skirts with frills paired with jackets featuring Peter Pan collars, and tweed suits with a slim, cinched waist—all adorned with oversized bows. The silhouettes seemed to have leaped straight out of a Merchant Ivory period drama, but Watanabe never merely sought to recreate that era. The hems and sleeves were intentionally left raw and frayed, and the fabrics like tweed and tartan checks reminded one more of the character of the Artful Dodger than of the refined elegance of Lucy Honeychurch from *Room with a View*.

The theme was sweet femininity and innocence.


(2004 F/W Vogue review)
Watanabe revisited his favorite personal classics--the tweed and denim he's worked to stellar effect in the past. He used micro-tweed in jackets with finy accordion pleats circling sleeves and waist, and took the padding theme to the insides of a forties-style, turquoise and brown Donegal skirtsuit. His signature aged denims came cut into low-riding skirts and as a great pair of loose-fit jeans. Watanabe also developed this season's cape obsession, turning it into a fine layer of knitted lace, like a sophisticated version of a bed-jacket.