There was a man in a long coat, its hem brushing his knees. At the station in the morning, at a crossing at dusk.
He disappeared into the crowd; no one turned to look. He carried that weight as it was; when the wind blew, the fabric alone moved at a different pace. It was a romantic figure, glimpsed on the verge of adolescence. Blending into the city, the man seemed to be quietly resisting.
The world continues to be shaped by convenience and efficiency. As everything becomes optimized, approved, and shared, countless contradictions emerge. “I, too, benefit from these systems, yet I constantly feel friction against them. Somehow, I feel called from the space between longing and reality,” says Shinpei Yamagishi. There is no attempt here to explain or justify. Instead, this collection embraces a quiet resistance within an overly smooth era. It is not about choosing what to desire; rather, it is the feeling that desire itself may be choosing us.
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For the Fall/Winter 2026 collection, Yamagishi chose to identify what rises from within and follow it faithfully. There is a quiet romance in the luxury of aligning with one’s own taste, answering to no one else.
Large stoles sway, their movement whispering like poetry. Classical jackets appear composed, yet through the wearer’s gestures, subtle indentations form beneath the shoulders. In motion, the brand’s distinctive silhouette reveals itself. With a hand in the slit-style inner pocket, one can almost glimpse a kimono-clad figure. As always, rubber straps at the cuffs allow the sleeves to be freely adjusted, letting intention and chance intersect between the individual and the garment.
Trousers feature multiple irregular tucks, while a hidden drawstring creates gathers depending on the wearer. At first glance, the gilet maintains a traditional shape, yet closer inspection reveals subtle details: a different fabric trims the neckline, and pleats are concealed at the back, invisible from the front. In an era that demands transparency, this deliberate act of covering becomes a quiet metaphor. With a playful twist, denim is woven with silk, shaping a subtle nap-finished. The color palette deliberately avoids brightness: an orange reminiscent of a mist-covered sunset; blacks that are not quite black, like shadows stretching at dusk; punctuated by the presence of checks, whose assured voice inhabits a palette rooted in reality.
The designer also finds “roman” in work shaped by human hands. He speaks of standing on the verge-wondering whether such crafts will still exist a hundred years from now. Caught in the tension where dreams and reality mingle, where waves recede only to return, he seeks another form of elegance. This collection is not a declaration. It is a window into the designer’s inner world. In an age of consensus, Yamagishi continues to whisper.
Roman
“Roman” is a Japanized form of the English word romance. Rather than translating it back into English, the Japanese pronunciation is deliberately rendered in the Roman alphabet. In Japanese, roman evokes not only romance, but also a sense of longing, adventure, and quiet idealism—an emotional sphere rooted in personal memory and aspiration rather than overt sentimentality.
Credits
Designer | Shinpei Yamagishi
Stylist | Mauricio Nardi
Casting | Chouaib Arif
Hair | Yuji Okuda at ArtList
Make-up | Satoko Watanabe at ArtList
Production | Services Continu
Coordination | Azusa Nozaki
Art Direction | Tatsuya Yamaguchi
Runway Pictures | Genki Nishikawa at mild inc.
Photography | Genki Nishikawa at mild inc.
Film Producer | Yusuke Tamura
International PR | Alex Malgouyres, Florent Belda
Japan PR | Sakas PR
