The invigorating graphic journey of White Mountaineering – Fashion Network
Mon 26 Jun
Two worlds in interesting contrast, with children playing in the gardens of the Avenue de l’Observatoire, and Yosuke Aizawa plunging back into childhood for White Mountaineering in the courtyard of the Faculty of Medicine in Paris.
"The mosaic prints are a bit like the remnants of forgotten memories."
Yosuke Aizawa
The Japanese designer, who has been at the helm of the label combining urban codes and outdoor technicality since 2006, explored new avenues for this very dense Spring/Summer 2024 collection.
The show opened with a jazzy soundtrack, and a group of young men dressed all in black, in keeping with the label's last Autumn/Winter 2023 show. The look was masterful: a suit in a light fabric with loose, flowing trousers that fell over brodequins with a central zip. Jackets with multiple pockets opened at an angle from the shoulder and were paired with hiking trousers with side pockets that could be transformed into shorts. Technical fabrics are elegantly cut, like this jacket-shorts-trousers ensemble, with consistency across a dozen silhouettes. A T-shirt and the back of a jacket, featured a Delorean DMC-12 (the car from Back to the Future) print.