SS02 Junya Watanabe ‘Break My Heart’ Poem Longsleeve Shirt

Junya Watanabe’s Spring 2002 show titled “Poem” explored love in different ways. The designer walked an array of tragic confessions, abstract stanzas and few-word phrases like “watermelon” and “german dog”, pushing emphasis on the contrast between each author’s emotional viewpoints. Enlisting the tailors, pattern makers and staff who helped in bringing the collection to life, Watanabe instructed they depict their thoughts through brief poems. As a result, each stanza is inherently unique and personal to the author, with sincerity and authenticity, reinforced by the subtly broken English in which it was translated to. Despite rather minimal garments, the poems are insightful themselves, speaking for the items they’re bestowed upon. Not only are they captivating, but honest, spoken from people, to people.

 

Printed atop a black longsleeve, this poem reads of a tragic love confession in a bold white font. Spelling out “You Break My Heart” amid a six line stanza, we’re invited into the authors lovestruck world, illustrating a distinct lust for a significant other. In an oversized, this piece is tagged as a size small, fitting up to a large in pristine condition throughout.