Miharayasuhiro F/W 2009 advertisement

In August, I posted about Mihara Yasuhiro and how much I love his design aesthetic; he makes clothing that any stylish adventurer would be proud to wear. If I had the body of a long&lean man and an impressive discretionary income, I would insist on buying a trench and boots from Miharayasuhiro every season. I would also become a jet pilot.

Yasuhiro is known for designing collections that are meant for the “post-apocalyptic urban nomad”and that idea definitely comes across in his F/W 2010 effort. Only it seems as though The Nomad now has business meetings to attend and possibly an after-work rock concert. Personally, I think that’s pretty awesome. I’d even like to believe that even after the apocalypse, and it’s coming ya’ll, there will still be plenty of ways to express our personal style through our clothing. Perhaps with a bit of sophistication too.

CUFFS & SHADES OF GRAY:

Putting aside the slimming effects of black, the color of choice for Yasuhiro‘s Spring 2010 collection, gray is my favorite neutral. For whatever reason it just looks modern, and perhaps even a little futuristic, in a way that other shades don’t to me. I’m starting to have a preference for blue-grays, which look new for Fall 2010. A note on styling – I love how the pants were not uniformly rolled/cuffed and instead ranged from neat hems to pegged ankle cuffs and the more extreme tall cuff seen on the left. Each style has its own charm.

PRINTS & TEXTURE:

Lord knows that I love to see mixed prints. Yasuhiro has taken plaid and applied gradient techniques to make the print appear more graphic than lumberjack; this is nice to see because if the plaid trend is still going strong, we should at should at least be creative about it. I like that Yasuhiro is simultaneously playing with color, print, and texture in a way that he hasn’t for the the last couple of seasons.

DENIM:

I have vowed never to wear light wash denim on my lower half ever again. It’s a personal choice that I felt good about making until I remembered denim skirts. So I made an amendment about that. I’ll never wear light wash denim on my lower half, ever again, unless it’s skirt. But- Yasuhiro tempts me. Maybe in the post-apocalyptic age, I won’t mind if light wash denim makes my thighs look bigger, I’ll just be glad to have pants. Pants that remind me of Will Smith in Independence Day; you know… the scene where he’s walking through the desert, with his jumpsuit tied off around his waist, dragging an alien behind him in a parachute. Yeah…

Also, how cool does that denim shirt look tucked into those suit pants?

I’ll be trying that very soon.

Runway photos via NYMAG