SS02 Junya Watanabe “You Fulfill Me” Patched Longsleeve Shirt

Junya Watanabe’s Spring 2002 collection titled “Poem”, explored love in many different ways. Walking an array of tragic confessions, abstract stanzas and few-word phrases like “watermelon” and “german dog”, the artisan strived to epitomize how lust felt. Enlisting the tailors, pattern makers and staff who help bring collections to life, Watanabe instructed they illustrate their emotional viewpoints. As a result, each poem is inherently unique and personal to the author with legitimacy to one’s desires. The text’s heterogeneity is sincere and authentic, 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 relatable and sincere, spoken from people, to people.

 

Patched in a warm hue of red and pink, this long sleeve shirt features a colour block base and bold lettering. Reading “You Fulfill Me”, amid a six line stanza, we’re invited into a lovestruck world. The author depicts their crave for love and obsession with nuance, extending from the body to the sleeve. A dagger collar finalizes this piece, accenting the naturally boxy cut. Tagged as a size medium, in great condition with the exception of light discolouration on the underside of the left sleeve.