Junya Watanabe: cyberpunk duds

By at 9:33 am Thursday, Oct 6

Dressed to "slam doors and sulk." The Spring 2006 ready-to-wear collection from Japanese designer Junya Watanabe includes doc-martenish boots, wack-ass giant mohawks, and what look like shower caps for minefields.

Conde Nast's Style.com reports that he was "inspired by a Japanese band [named] Mad Capture Maggots."

I can hear it now in the alley behind Neiman's in Beverly Hills, while their greatest hits blare from an iPod nano on someone's arm: "My Watanabe can beat up your St. Johns, bitch!"
Link (Thanks, Tolz)

Reader comment: BoingBoing spoilsport Emile says,

I believe he was refering to "The Mad Capsule Markets" when the article mentions "mad capture maggots". They're a Japanese band reminiscent of Mindless Self Indulgence.
Whatever, "Maggots" would be way more punk rock! Here's the website for Mad Capsule Markets, which is in fact the name of the band that inspired Watanabe -- despite Style.com's typo. (Thanks, Steven)

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