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Tokyo Fashion Week SS27 · Runway show Co-ed

RequaL≡

33 looks, shown 3 September 2026 in Tokyo. Known this season for face paint / prosthetics, upcycled / deadstock (visible), colour on lids.

33Looks
4.8%Of the week's looks
11th / 24Largest show
GreyLead colour

The show

The collection, look by look

SS27

Every look in runway order as a column of the colours measured from its garments. Hover or use the arrow keys to read each one; play to walk the show.

Look 1Look 33
GreyBlackSilverCharcoalBurgundyRedBeigeChocolate brown
Look 22

Look 2 of 33

Deconstructed blue shirt with multiple ties over bleached wide-leg denim

Office codes are scrambled: a shirt sliced open at the shoulders and hung with mismatched ties, worn over bleach-splattered wide-leg jeans, while an orange felt hat trails on a cord like a pet on a leash.

Navy 28%Silver 21%Charcoal 20%Grey 19%Sky blue 12%
Shape
inverted triangle · oversized · relaxed · voluminous
Pieces
shirt · wide-leg trousers
Fabric
cotton · denim · crumpled
Details
bows · cut-outs · exposed seams · shoulder emphasis
Styling
sneakers · clashing · layered · shirt and tie
Mood
playful · subversive · whimsical

What set RequaL≡ apart

Over-represented in this house's looks compared with the rest of the season.

Face paint / prosthetics makeupUpcycled / deadstock (visible) materialColour on lids makeupSubversive moodExposed seams / deconstruction detailClashing / mismatched styling

The palette

Share of garment area across 33 looks, measured from the clothes (skin and set excluded).

Silhouettes

  • Oversized88%
  • Asymmetric48%
  • Tiered / layered volume36%
  • Inverted triangle / strong shoulder15%
  • Balloon / bubble15%

Share of the 33 tagged looks.

What the collection was made of

Share of the 33 looks described by our AI tagger
  • Coat24%
  • Shirt24%
  • Shorts21%
  • Trousers21%
  • Maxi skirt9%

Traditions in the collection

Cultural influences →

1 of RequaL≡'s 33 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in Japan (inferred from the fashion week it shows at).

  • Chinese silk brocade · China · East AsiaLook 32

    Japan → China

    “Pale gold lustrous jacquard with pale-blue scrolling floral pattern, typical of Chinese silk damask/brocade, on a long robe-like coat with a stand collar.”

The character of the clothes

RequaL≡'s clothes were more textured, more casual, more daring and more experimental than most of the season.

  • DarkerLighter
  • MutedVivid
  • CoolerWarmer
  • SmoothTextured & printedmore textured than 94% of collections
  • CasualFormalmore casual than 96% of collections
  • ClassicDaringmore daring than 97% of collections
  • ExperimentalWearablemore experimental than 94% of collections

RequaL≡ against every other house measured so far

Also in Tokyo, Spring/Summer 2027

Tokyo field notes →
  1. 1yoshiokubo48 looksCharcoal
  2. 2support surface45 looksDenim blue
  3. 3Enföld42 looksBlack
  4. 4pillings40 looksWhite
  5. 5Charinyeh39 looksBlack
  6. 6Wisharawish38 looksCharcoal

The fortnightly digest

RequaL≡, in context

Every house is measured against every other, across every fashion week. The fortnightly digest sends you what moved, and who moved it.