While Paris baked under 42-degree Celsius temperatures (107.6 degrees Fahrenheit), Japanese designer Mihara Yasuhiro opened his spring and, well, summer, 2027 collection with a blunt declaration: “I hate summer.”
The line may have anchored the show notes, but the designer’s frustration wasn’t with the heat itself.
Rather, it reflected the contradiction of the season as both freedom and burden. A lifelong surfer, Mihara described summer as a recurring memory that he wants to escape but can never fully leave behind. Oppressive nostalgia, if you will.
That idea translated into one of the designer’s most restrained collections in recent seasons.
“I wanted the mood to be relaxed,” he said after the show. “I didn’t want it to feel too luxurious.”
His signature deconstruction remained but was dialed back. Instead, we saw softer tailoring, more slouchy silhouettes and clothes that looked intentionally lived (or slept) in.
That attitude extended to the styling. Black-and-metal binder clips usually used in fittings were deliberately left visible on several looks. Sleeves were rolled up and clamped while jackets were held together haphazardly and off center. Yasuhiro said it was partly an homage to jazz pianists, who exude “sexy” with exposed forearms, while still expressing nonchalance and ease.
Mark down traveling as another thing the designer says he hates — but he wanted to “include its essence” in a more pleasurable way. So garment bags became part of outerwear pieces, appearing on the backs of jackets and to give the feeling of clothes in the middle of an unfinished journey.
Elsewhere, pajama-inspired pieces, washed fabrics and faded finishes on plaids reinforced the easy, almost lazy atmosphere. Mihara described the collection as embracing a kind of “healthy laziness” he hopes people will adopt. Forever self-optimizing means you will never reach your destination.
The rolled sleeves, casually piled-on layers and staggered proportions suggested getting dressed without overthinking it.
Those pajamas you wish you could live in? Pair them with a paint-splattered denim coat, or a weathered cardigan and do it. The satin boxing shorts crumpled in the back of your closet? Pop on a V-neck T-shirt and call the look “gym goblin”-core.
Don’t be so stressed — it’s just fashion.
“I wanted to send this message,” he said.
And it was well received.
