Keith Haring + Jean-Michel Basquiat / Junya Watanabe

Spring 2023 Collection

An adept serial collaborator fond of American workwear brands like Levi’s and Carhartt, Junya Watanabe for his 2023 spring collection widened his list of dance partners even further to the crème de la crème of American Pop artists.

Keith Haring’s doodles enlivened windbreakers and bomber jackets, and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s crowns and skull motifs were splattered over papery blazers and the ubiquitous camp shirt.

Watanabe treated this fine art with a light and casual hand, letting these blue-chip artworks share real estate on the clothes with popular consumer brands like Coca-Cola, Netflix, and Honda.