Junya Watanabe 2024FW Runway Mixed-Material Strip Dress

From Junya Watanabe’s Fall/Winter 2024 runway collection, which explored the contrast between everyday clothing and sculptural “public art.” This black runway dress is assembled from cascading vertical strips of contrasting materials and textures, including embossed leather-like surfaces, mesh, lace and distressed textiles, suspended from a gathered neckline to create continuous movement and irregular transparency. The fragmented construction turns the body into a shifting sculptural surface, reflecting Watanabe’s recurring exploration of assemblage, material contrast and punk-inflected craftsmanship.