Junya Watanabe’s 2024AW womenswear collection is centered on the contrast between clothing and sculpture, balancing functional wearability with sculptural form. By combining contrasting materials such as denim, wool, leather, and technical fabrics, and reconstructing garment elements into panel-based structures, the collection transforms clothing into three-dimensional, object-like forms.

The collection poses the question of whether clothing can become wearable sculpture, placing tension between practicality and artistic form at its core. The Mixed-Material Panel Dress is a key piece of this concept, merging fragmented materials and layered garment references into a single construction, blurring the boundary between clothing and sculpture.