SS17 Blackmeans Deconstructed Laced Up Shirt Julius and adjustable bondage straps

and adjustable bondage straps

Creating a psychotropic effect on the wearer’s body

From look 13

while lace overlays and embroidery added a romantic counterpoint

Junya Watanabe’s Spring/Summer 2017 collection explores the beautiful relationship between Berlin’s underground

SS17 Blackmeans Deconstructed Laced Up Shirt Julius and adjustable bondage strapsBlackmeans is an English transliteration of burakumin, a term from Japans feudal era used during the Edo period to denote marginalized communities outside the caste system. Jobs such as leatherworking and tanning are stigmatized for their association with death and deemed religiously impure. An irony that mirrors how countercultures have long turned rejection into identity. By adopting this name, founders Yujiro Komatsu, Masatomo Ariga, and Takatomo