Click very quickly through the Undercover slideshow and you will see that Bowie-inflected model move in 2-D. Just as Jun Takahashi s team thought long and hard about how their images would look on Style.com, so the designer focused on fabrication and some truly surprising decoration in this cracking collection of tailoring-touched workwear. First, the fabrication: That green duffle coat was as light for its volume as anything Italy can offer; that jacket in look 1 was flashed with a silk mix at the collar; and the seam on the pants of look 9 was cosmetic only—they re stretch-cotton track pants masquerading as formal. The shoes were interesting, too, with an unusually concave chisel toe.
For neophytes, the quirk of this collection will be the iPhone 6 pockets built into several pieces of outerwear. If you are Cupertino-inclined and handset-current—and went for the smaller version—these pieces transform your phone into a wearable device (albeit with undefined application). For classicists, the kicker will be Takahashi s appropriation of William Blake illustrations onto quilted jackets, sweaters, and even a pair of slippers.
