Junya Watanabe Man doesn’t chase trends but circles back to them, turning the past into something quietly surprising. For Spring/Summer 2026, shown during Paris Fashion Week, the designer revisited his own archive, digging up an idea from his Fall/Winter 2004 collection: suits cut from antique upholstery fabrics. But this time, he didn’t just repeat, he remade.

The result is a collection that feels both familiar and fresh. Watanabe’s approach has always been about friction between old and new, structure and ease, the handmade and the mass-produced. Here, that tension plays out in tailored jackets and relaxed trousers, their fabrics rich with history yet shaped for now. The collaborations underline the theme: Camper, Lee, Levi’s, New Balance, and Tricker’s, brands with their own legacies, reappear in Watanabe’s world, subtly altered.

Check out the collection below: