Things aren’t always what they seem in the world of Junya Watanabe , who transformed the most banal of household objects into thought-provoking – and sometimes jarring – creations.

He turned a cluster of stainless steel spoons into rounded, armor-like shoulders on a crinkly, silvery minidress, and twisted a stack of gold forks into a boa that curved around a stretchy black dress. Clothes hangers doubled as straps on a long trench coat and appeared once again, holding up a tea dress on a model’s back.

A tangle of black ribbons swirled, cloud-like, around a dark top paired with flamenco pants, while broken-up red patent leather shoes formed the sleeves of the black gown with Belle Époque flair that opened the show. Umbrellas formed the hoop-like skirts of a white broderie anglaise-edged

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