A celebration of the perennial collaboration between Yohji Yamamoto and Adidas, the concept and light design of Y-3’s FW’24 presentation transforms the prestigious Salle Pleyel into an orbital space of indistinguishable proportions. In what resembles a brutalist eclipse, three slender monoliths tower over a checkered runway, tracing intertwining shadows on the matte flooring. A monumental expansion of the brand’s logo, this stripped-back scenography builds a high-contrast stage for the collection’s silhouettes to perform in. Cloaked shapes dressed in black follow a radiant path of totality, gravitating around and through the installation, which presents a graphic play of opposites: bright light, stark dark, graphic gradients. A narrative written in scales of grey - Y3’s signature palette - the show’s theatrical lighting honours the sharp, deconstructed lines that define the brand’s legacy.
Photograph : Octave Pineau-Furet