Yohji Yamamoto Pour Homme FW25 Collection Delivers Practical and Elegant Winter Puffers

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For the Fall/Winter season of 2025, Yohji Yamamoto Pour Homme presented a collection that offered both comfort and functionality. Renowned Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto unveiled another brilliant and poetic winter line, with a focus on reinventing the classic puffer jacket in sophisticated ways.

Balancing poesy with practicality, this assortment encompasses a variety of adaptable puffer coats. Aiming to provide comfort reminiscent of a soothing embrace, designer Yamamoto sought to develop garments suitable for chilly winter evenings, deviating from the bulky and oversized style. His goal was to create everyday puffers that embodied the elegance of intricately quilted feathers, but found it challenging. He expressed, “Typically, down jackets are made with polyester, giving them a cheap appearance. I wanted to elevate them, making them special and elegant.” These puffers featured patterns and graphics resembling paint drips or wisps of smoke, lending a romantic and enigmatic vibe. Instead, the puffer coats adopt a streamlined and versatile design, focusing on keeping you snug and secure, all while exploring the frontiers of winter fashion style.

In this collection, cargo pants can serve dual purposes as ski attire, while some garments, such as jackets and coats, offer a unique twist by being reversible. Models on the catwalk grouped together to flip their quilted jackets inside out, showcasing different looks. While deconstruction isn’t novel for Yamamoto, this collection stands out with its reinterpretation of sleek city suits for outdoor use. The outerwear takes on a stylish urban vibe, offering versatile designs that transform the wearer’s outfit. The color palette ranges from olive green to burgundy, and towards the end, Yamamoto incorporates motifs inspired by flowing water onto the glossy fabrics meant to resemble “people walking in the rain or snow, in Paris or Tokyo.” Some items even feature bold text like “Despair is the conclusion of the fool,” and “Sadness and suffering are the flowers of life.” Instead of professional models, Yamamoto chose everyday people for his runway, expressing his boredom with traditional fashion week choices: “You saw ordinary artists, singers, and painters – they are always attractive.

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2025-01-24 06:26