The moment is suspended at Fashion Week. light-up dresses featuring real butterflies in an underground parade

Secret shows often have to be seen to be believed. Headed by Japan’s Jun Takahashi, the label is established in the fashion industry with its mastery of precision and extravagance. Understanding, clever mixing of codes street wear, “French” chic and madness imported from Tokyo. The result is often spectacular collections like the one presented in Paris on September 27 during Fashion Week. In the heart of the darkened room, the parade closed with transparent bubble dresses acting as night lights. A few flowers inside these…and real butterflies in full flight.

The glasses are stunning and you immediately take out your phone. It’s Vanessa Friedman, a famous fashion critic New York Times, who was the first to share the video of the views on the X social network (formerly Twitter). These few words in the title, which certainly summed up the overall feeling of the show at this point: “Magic, by Jun Takahashi”. “Totally in love with Undercover Spring/Summer 2024, this idea of ​​dresses turning into dynamic ecosystems, feeding butterflies,” tweeted the guest, visibly under the spell of this moment in time.

A Japanese designer to follow

What you can’t fault Jun Takahashi for is his lack of creativity. Since he launched Undercover in 1993, the stylist (or artist, depending) has become a household name. Like in 2016, when he signed a collaboration with Supreme. He also worked with Nike and Uniqlo. Considered a big name in Japanese fashion, sometimes even called a “genius,” he showed at Pitti Uomo in 2018, following Jonathan Anderson and Virgil Abloh.