Born in 1961 in Fukushima (Japan), Junya Watanabe joined Comme des Garçons in 1984 after graduating in Design at Bunka Fashion College. He embarked on his design career by working for the Comme des Garçons Tricot label in 1987.
In 1992, he designed his first namesake collection for women under the Comme des Garçons umbrella. This debuted at Tokyo fashion week, and one year later at Paris Fashion Week. The menswear collection Junya Watanabe MAN was launched for Spring/Summer 2001 during Paris
Fashion Week.
Junya Watanabe MAN is a line of classic and timeless garments redesigned and reassembled in a new way as to present his forward-looking vision of menswear.
In 1992, he designed his first namesake collection for women under the Comme des Garçons umbrella. This debuted at Tokyo fashion week, and one year later at Paris Fashion Week. The menswear collection Junya Watanabe MAN was launched for Spring/Summer 2001 during Paris
Fashion Week.
Junya Watanabe MAN is a line of classic and timeless garments redesigned and reassembled in a new way as to present his forward-looking vision of menswear.
