Yohji Yamamoto Shows Off Thick, Padded Outerwear at Paris Fashion Week

Yohji Yamamoto showed a line of quilted outerwear at Paris Fashion Week on Thursday, slowly sending messy-haired models down the runway, wrapped in thick jackets and long coats.

For his fall-winter 2025-2026 menswear collection, the veteran designer mostly stuck to his dark color palette, pairing thick suit jackets with matching, utilitarian-cut pants with leg pockets.

Some coats had messages printed on them, including “Despair is the fool's conclusion” and “Sadness and suffering are the flowers of life.”

The models paused at times, slowly turning to show all angles, some removing their coats to demonstrate the reversible nature of the garments. One blew a kiss to the audience, while another put his arm around the model accompanying him, a woman with a curly white ponytail.

Paris Men's Fashion Week runs through Sunday and features French brands such as Louis Vuitton, Dior, Hermes, Jacquemus and Ami Paris, as well as American brand Willy Chavarria. Haute couture shows will follow.