Miharayasuhiro - Evolution of the suit or an extension of pyjama?

A nice, crisp, tailored suit should be hung in perfect accordance in any mans wardrobe, however Miharayasuhiro have set out to defile this convention, and I'm still trying to work out whether it's a good thing or not. Mihara Yasuhiro, the creator and CEO of the brand has been working closely over the past seven years or so, with Puma, to create some of the most interesting and innovative designs we've seen on sneakers to date. However it wasn't so long ago that the up and coming designer converged to designing menswear. Just like his sneakers, he has always set out to break boundaries and smash conventional ideals of menswear, I think he's done justice with this reel.

This collection sees the conversion of traditional and contemporary Japanese Manga into prints, and I think it's paid off. It's not at all what you would think the outcome of this project would look like, but I'm in awe of it. The prints are subtle yet prominent, and unlike most of the high street, patterned shit you see hanging around, it does not embellish the whole item and has some sort of personal ties with the designer. The central motif for the collection was a Phoenix, which is being exploited in the gold head guards worn by the models. It's a statement that tells of the power of the Phoenix being, incomparable to that if human power. Perhaps this is what Mihara thinks his collection is, in comparison to the rest if the industry. He's done a good job, but you're not quite there yet.

As mentioned earlier, he seems to have out a spin on the conventional tailoring of the suit, combining oversized Asian harem pants with a slightly tailored jacket. The oversized trousers give a more contemporary edge to a traditional piece. Never the less it can be seen as a smart pair of pyjamas, at least I can see both sides of the spectrum. I do however think where print has been applied, it should be broken up throughout the outfit a little more. This draws such prominent attention away from the upper half, and has your concentrate on the outfit as a whole. Otherwise you may as well wear some last season, American apparel jeans.

Altogether it's a great collection and does she the boundaries of menswear being elevated, hopefully one day menswear will be comparable to womenswear, and not just a side show designers use to experiment with.