Y-3 Spring 2027 Menswear
The last thing anyone wants to see during the hottest Paris Fashion Week on record is a group of people sprinting and dancing around in layers of black clothes. It’s a testament to this high-octane Y-3 show (and the mercifully drafty air inside the Palais Brongniart), then, that the mood in the room wasn’t stifling, but refreshing.
The black astroturf runway was decorated with white lines to look like a football pitch, while guests sat on bleachers-style tiered seats. The dance performance that followed happened in three chapters that were by turns dynamic and meditative, intended to evoke the ups and downs of a football match. Like watching the World Cup, but much more health goth.
The point was, these were clothes to move in, as the dancers demonstrated: you could sprint in a suit, pop-and-lock in an asymmetric evening dress, play phantom football in a striped jersey, or do an interpretive dance on the floor in a pleated skirt. Elegant, comfortable, and ready for anything.
The best was saved for last: a troupe of black capes came floating out emblazoned with the handwritten logo Number (N)ine by Takahiro Miyashita. They were followed by satiny embroidered shirts and paneled tracksuits that had the unmistakable lightness and romance that could have only come from Miyashita-san. The collaboration marks one of the designer’s first major projects since he relaunched the brand earlier this year. It’s good to have him back in the game.
