Hideaki Yoshihara and Yukiko Ode wish to look again on the previous, however it wouldn’t be proper to name them sentimentalists. The Hyke designers have many years of expertise reinterpreting previous navy workwear (certainly, that’s what they do finest), and whereas their penchant for drawing on classic staples can really feel overly constant, this season confirmed a willingness to push these boundaries.
True to kind, they named the gathering “Reminiscing.” Fortunately, it felt recent, forward-looking, and related to modern life. Taking inspiration from “Amekaji,” the Japanese truncation of “American Informal,” the duo referenced the rugged workwear, knitted polos and ombré buffalo plaid shirts imported from America that have been well-liked in Japan within the Eighties and ’90s, and made them their very own.
Sharp pleated shorts have been layered over wide-legged sheer black chiffon trousers that nearly seemed like mosquito nets—albeit very fashionable mosquito nets—and rippled elegantly with every footstep. The shirt clothes and ribbed trousers have been equally floaty, exhibiting Ode and Yoshihara’s appreciable prowess at making garments that come to life in movement. “The motion was crucial,” defined Ode throughout a walkthrough over a video name. “It takes loads of trial and error to get that circulate.”
Sprinkled all through the gathering have been sensible items from their ongoing collaboration with The North Face, that are positive to search out plenty of takers after they hit shops in spring. Ditto the uneven layered tank tops, crafted from a stretchy mesh material that may apparently solely be made by the Japanese textile maker Ono Meriyasu.
Hyke is nothing if not pragmatic, and as normal these have been garments that will be at house just about anyplace you deigned to take them. In current seasons it looks like we’ve given up on the elusive idea of “desk to dinner dressing” (certainly nothing greater than trend journo froth in hindsight), however this newest exhibiting from Hyke was mainly that. It felt stuffed with prospects.
