UNDERCOVER Fall/Winter 2018 Pitti 93 Backstage

Every backstage highlight from UNDERCOVER's joint show.

Jun Takahashi’s UNDERCOVER has long been a cult favorite, something that’s only been exercerbated by his reluctance to do press in any traditional manner. So it was clear that his joint show with TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist would be something completely different from what had been seen in recent seasons at Pitti . Last season saw J.W.Anderson and Off-White™ both stage extraordinarily grand shows, with the former staging his in a garden (complete with J.W. embroidered cushions) and the latter teaming up with Jenny Holzer for a projection laden affair . In contrast, the joint show was spectacular only for its sheer simplicity. There was no grand garden, no 20-foot projections, simply a focus on lighting in the Leopolda station — a disused railway station that has since been transformed into one of Florence’s prime show locations. The only object on the runway the tracks the...

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