Japanese fashion designer Junya Watanabe, a longtime protégé of Comme des Garçons’ Rei Kawakubo and living legend in his own right, pushes boundaries each season through his unique reassessment of beauty. For spring/summer 2003 Watanabe showed an avant-garde yet airy interpretation of warm weather clothing, in his aptly named ‘parachute jumper’ collection. Contrasts were a focal point this season, expressed in the interplay between feminine and masculine elements; femininity was seen in the collection’s 19th-century florals, all white-looks and ‘parasol-meets-parachute’ headpieces, while masculine components were rendered through the inclusion of utilitarian elements such as backpacks and side-release plastic clips. An individualistic vision that, fifteen years later, appears just as fresh and relevant as it did in 2003.
![Junya ss 2003 muse board](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/4KwKRhQcAgkUsiu6ou26GU/ffb8b6a5f515e7ba62442dafd66a458a/Junya_SS_2003_Muse_Board.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
References
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Norma Kamali
Parachute Ensembles, 1977
![Norma kamali 1977](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/68JeBscyaIeYMGQMSw2Ka4/fd05436a902368701495219bb5ba3648/Norma_Kamali__1977.jpg)
André Groult
Chiffonier, 1925
![Andr groult chiffonier 1925](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/6Vyc0Ws9HiQk6UmMyaKyaO/93feb62dbbb81916433dfae31311b459/Andr___Groult_chiffonier__1925.jpg)
Nobuyoshi Araki
Kinbaku (Bondage), 1979
![Nobuyoshi araki 18](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/3DaVMkBuqIks2um08mwaOy/2623637db3f76a0f05404deea8578bab/Nobuyoshi-Araki-18.jpg)
Carlo Bugatti
Cobra Chair, 1902
![Carlo bugatti cobra chair 1902](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/6CWlqDKone080aWWGMsEKW/52b3aa6682f1f7ef86805352b86ba34a/Carlo_Bugatti__Cobra_Chair__1902.jpg)
Shigeru Ban
Curtain Wall House, 1995, Tokyo, Japan
![Shigeru ban curtain wall house 1995](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/56FyEfj3m8WECkgMw2gCgg/461e37f3d60190af0a063e4b730bbce6/shigeru_ban_Curtain_Wall_House__1995.jpg)
Émile Gallé
Hibiscus Cameo Glass Lamp, 1900
![Hibiscus lamp 1900 emile galle](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/33QLlKn2nCg60KeMaK2OM8/c24d39588bbbfa775d800c05c2dce4a5/hibiscus-lamp-1900__Emile_Galle.jpg)
Loetz
Cameo Glass Vase, 1910
![A loetz cameo glass vase ca. 1910](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/7IO6ruvDFuGmUGYUIyayC/befd67666550731a8cd0477bd323c2b5/A_Loetz_Cameo_Glass_Vase__ca._1910.jpg)
Wolfgang Tillmans
Suit, 1997
![Wolfgang tillmans suit 1997. c print 65 cm x 55 cm](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/fFCWybajm0OkKwsOyIKCS/0331f02a3826952d6b8e7c6aa81e61de/Wolfgang_Tillmans__suit__1997._C-print__65_cm_x_55_cm.jpg)
Claude Monet
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son, 1875
![Claude monet woman with a parasol madame monet and her son 1875](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/RbSt3vHGEMMYiyMMAAeIE/ff10094e3433f59c5e24dd6a757bf808/Claude_Monet__Woman_with_a_Parasol_-_Madame_Monet_and_Her_Son__1875.jpg)
Jacques Henri Lartigue
Florette dans la Morgan, Provence, 1954
![Florette dans la morgan provence may 1954 jacques henri lartigue life in color](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/6PS5Jl7q2Ac8U486SGO8OY/a403441da1f1bb6a9766c4331f9f7c07/Florette_dans_la_Morgan__Provence__May_1954__Jacques_Henri_Lartigue___Life_in_Color.jpeg)
Jacques Henri Lartigue
Cousin Caro and Mr. Plantevigne, Villerville, 1906
![Jacques henri lartigue cousin caro and mr. plantevigne villerville 1906](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/1ClMZGy5QoGQEA0UU8qeKm/77ca75bfe36b82b1025e95d8c1c540d9/Jacques-Henri_Lartigue_-_Cousin_Caro_and_Mr._Plantevigne__Villerville__1906.jpeg)
Giovanni Boldini
Marchesa Luisa Casati, 1908
![Marchesa luisa casati by giovanni boldini 1908](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/3y6BvH4JQImccAcMCcGIOw/090b6849255fab6ac3839b02f75fef76/Marchesa_Luisa_Casati_by_Giovanni_Boldini__1908.jpg)
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled (Kinbaku), 2008
![Nobuyoshi araki untitled kinbaku 2008 ii](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/4xkXtpDRqEWUkScMSikWuw/5d8bb6efb278ad4078206d456637f404/Nobuyoshi_Araki__UNTITLED__KINBAKU___2008_II.jpg)
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled (Kinbaku), 2008
![Nobuyoshi araki untitled kinbaku 2008](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/16nh0QqBmouSCWSQ8gSAuM/ba422537ee4beb9ddea2a6ceed955ff7/Nobuyoshi_Araki__UNTITLED__KINBAKU___2008.jpg)
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled, from “Private Photography”, 1991
![Nobuyoshi araki untitled from private photography 1991](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/2rwX34wkTiA0K6M06MAiGy/a3c8b3ee61330ab53d44658cd5a0f28b/Nobuyoshi_Araki__Untitled__from____Private_Photography____1991.jpg)
Norma Kamali
Parachute Evening Ensemble, 1978
![Norma kamali 1978](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/2AVar0Ir7qKmw2GQoueqmg/690cbda4fcb36b7db5c23b3961e71afe/Norma_Kamali__1978.jpg)
Prada
Nylon Rucksack, 1984
![Prada rucksack 1984](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/6BxUUGMY12sk68mMA0wQWC/4fa50a0fffa16940bb4620d1eb3cce6d/Prada_Rucksack__1984.jpg)
Tadao Ando
Pulitzer Arts Foundation, 2001
![Tadao ando pulitzer arts foundation 2001](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/5CQLt4VyI8IEWaYW4U4W4s/fcf2ebc579ff1c6e618c7b235af52f96/Tadao_Ando_Pulitzer_Arts_Foundation__2001.jpg)
References
![Norma kamali 1977](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/68JeBscyaIeYMGQMSw2Ka4/fd05436a902368701495219bb5ba3648/Norma_Kamali__1977.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Norma Kamali
Parachute Ensembles, 1977
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![Andr groult chiffonier 1925](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/6Vyc0Ws9HiQk6UmMyaKyaO/93feb62dbbb81916433dfae31311b459/Andr___Groult_chiffonier__1925.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
André Groult
Chiffonier, 1925
2 of 20
![Nobuyoshi araki 18](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/3DaVMkBuqIks2um08mwaOy/2623637db3f76a0f05404deea8578bab/Nobuyoshi-Araki-18.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Nobuyoshi Araki
Kinbaku (Bondage), 1979
3 of 20
![Carlo bugatti cobra chair 1902](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/6CWlqDKone080aWWGMsEKW/52b3aa6682f1f7ef86805352b86ba34a/Carlo_Bugatti__Cobra_Chair__1902.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Carlo Bugatti
Cobra Chair, 1902
5 of 20
![Shigeru ban curtain wall house 1995](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/56FyEfj3m8WECkgMw2gCgg/461e37f3d60190af0a063e4b730bbce6/shigeru_ban_Curtain_Wall_House__1995.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Shigeru Ban
Curtain Wall House, 1995, Tokyo, Japan
6 of 20
![Hibiscus lamp 1900 emile galle](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/33QLlKn2nCg60KeMaK2OM8/c24d39588bbbfa775d800c05c2dce4a5/hibiscus-lamp-1900__Emile_Galle.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Émile Gallé
Hibiscus Cameo Glass Lamp, 1900
7 of 20
![A loetz cameo glass vase ca. 1910](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/7IO6ruvDFuGmUGYUIyayC/befd67666550731a8cd0477bd323c2b5/A_Loetz_Cameo_Glass_Vase__ca._1910.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Loetz
Cameo Glass Vase, 1910
8 of 20
![Wolfgang tillmans suit 1997. c print 65 cm x 55 cm](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/fFCWybajm0OkKwsOyIKCS/0331f02a3826952d6b8e7c6aa81e61de/Wolfgang_Tillmans__suit__1997._C-print__65_cm_x_55_cm.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Wolfgang Tillmans
Suit, 1997
9 of 20
![Claude monet woman with a parasol madame monet and her son 1875](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/RbSt3vHGEMMYiyMMAAeIE/ff10094e3433f59c5e24dd6a757bf808/Claude_Monet__Woman_with_a_Parasol_-_Madame_Monet_and_Her_Son__1875.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Claude Monet
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son, 1875
11 of 20
![Florette dans la morgan provence may 1954 jacques henri lartigue life in color](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/6PS5Jl7q2Ac8U486SGO8OY/a403441da1f1bb6a9766c4331f9f7c07/Florette_dans_la_Morgan__Provence__May_1954__Jacques_Henri_Lartigue___Life_in_Color.jpeg?w=1000&q=70)
Jacques Henri Lartigue
Florette dans la Morgan, Provence, 1954
12 of 20
![Jacques henri lartigue cousin caro and mr. plantevigne villerville 1906](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/1ClMZGy5QoGQEA0UU8qeKm/77ca75bfe36b82b1025e95d8c1c540d9/Jacques-Henri_Lartigue_-_Cousin_Caro_and_Mr._Plantevigne__Villerville__1906.jpeg?w=1000&q=70)
Jacques Henri Lartigue
Cousin Caro and Mr. Plantevigne, Villerville, 1906
13 of 20
![Marchesa luisa casati by giovanni boldini 1908](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/3y6BvH4JQImccAcMCcGIOw/090b6849255fab6ac3839b02f75fef76/Marchesa_Luisa_Casati_by_Giovanni_Boldini__1908.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Giovanni Boldini
Marchesa Luisa Casati, 1908
14 of 20
![Nobuyoshi araki untitled kinbaku 2008 ii](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/4xkXtpDRqEWUkScMSikWuw/5d8bb6efb278ad4078206d456637f404/Nobuyoshi_Araki__UNTITLED__KINBAKU___2008_II.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled (Kinbaku), 2008
15 of 20
![Nobuyoshi araki untitled kinbaku 2008](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/16nh0QqBmouSCWSQ8gSAuM/ba422537ee4beb9ddea2a6ceed955ff7/Nobuyoshi_Araki__UNTITLED__KINBAKU___2008.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled (Kinbaku), 2008
16 of 20
![Nobuyoshi araki untitled from private photography 1991](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/2rwX34wkTiA0K6M06MAiGy/a3c8b3ee61330ab53d44658cd5a0f28b/Nobuyoshi_Araki__Untitled__from____Private_Photography____1991.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled, from “Private Photography”, 1991
17 of 20
![Norma kamali 1978](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/2AVar0Ir7qKmw2GQoueqmg/690cbda4fcb36b7db5c23b3961e71afe/Norma_Kamali__1978.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Norma Kamali
Parachute Evening Ensemble, 1978
18 of 20
![Prada rucksack 1984](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/6BxUUGMY12sk68mMA0wQWC/4fa50a0fffa16940bb4620d1eb3cce6d/Prada_Rucksack__1984.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Prada
Nylon Rucksack, 1984
19 of 20
![Tadao ando pulitzer arts foundation 2001](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/5CQLt4VyI8IEWaYW4U4W4s/fcf2ebc579ff1c6e618c7b235af52f96/Tadao_Ando_Pulitzer_Arts_Foundation__2001.jpg?w=1000&q=70)