It may have seen that this resurfaced Korean designer has somewhat generated a species of space-aged street boys into the spotlight, but all it was a reincarnation of elegant force of nature in the souls of the men. It was a modern exercise what with the whiteness of the palette; a plain canvas so free to be painted in whatever Juun desired. This time round, the Korean designer experimented with overblown proportions and exaggerated silhouettes, a fantastical collection that was kept to a minimum in terms of embellishments. Oxford was what Juun had named it by, due to the street tailoring of traditional Oxfordian outfits that implemented elements of both realist and idea.
The mentioned overblown proportions and exaggerated silhouettes are constructed into masculine shapes on blown up T-shirts with oversized broad shoulders, loose sleeves on jackets and coats resembling exaggerated muscles, below the knee boxy shorts. This looseness in volumes was idealized in the crisps tints of white, grey, dark navy and, in all classics, black that brought a sense of minimalistic aura. Balloon-like trousers were partnered with sharp tailored outwear, such as jackets and coats and those oversized T-shirts had a contemporary twist which translated into the graphics in black and white of “special” inspirations. Juun J. is known to be the master of code breaking in design and fashion, and with those double-breasted suits and wide legged trousers, with licks of outwear in metallic, there is really no doubting it.
A standing ovation was rightly deserved for Juun J. this season round. The delivery of soft chosen fabrics and the experimentation in volumes to express another code breaker in the evolution of menswear are not something to go off by. With elements of traditionally feminine, those boxy shoulders are definitely for Juun’s à la mode men! (Text Nadilla Sari Ratman)