The runway showed pieces that go from print parkas, loose trousers and colourful shorts to impeccably tailored pieces and trench coats that reach the ankle. Ganryu opened the catwalk with printed pieces, whose random motifs are reminiscent of graphics related to nature, and take us along with the music to a mentally zen state. The styling of the looks plays with unexpectedly unusual colour combinations, and these are alternated with more classic proposals that mix that classicism with comfort that is needed for our busy lifestyle, with trench coats that almost reach the floor or wide tailored pieces. The colour palette has an omnipresent lemon yellow, that combines colours like calypso blue, sky blue, moss green and lemon green, fuchsia and purple, that walk the catwalk along with other more classic colours like beige, grey and black. Almost to the end, Ganryu threw a theatrical look that in some way works perfectly as a summary of the collection: a dark oversized coat to the floor, a medieval monk’s hood and kimono sleeves. That’s what Ganryu’s man looks like, he’s connected to the purity of nature but ready to face the hostilities of today’s world.
FUMITO GANRYU S/S 2020 AND HIS ENERGETIC ZEN
The Japanese designer Fumito Ganryu, who debuted in his day by doing Junya Watanabe’s patterns for Comme des Garçons, launched his own brand Ganryu under CDG in 2007 to, finally in 2018, launch his independent brand Fumito Ganryu, which he defines as conceptual clothing for the 21st century. His designs are definitely for fighters of our century who are connected to the purity of nature in today’s stressful world. Yesterday, in Paris, he showed a collection with a musical mise en scene, that is both energetic and zen, in an Art Deco stage like the one that is Palais Chaillot.
