NYC Fashion Week S/S 2012: Y-3

Y-3 answers London's call for its Spring/Summer 2012 collection, in honor of the host city’s upcoming 2012 Summer Olympic games. Shown in New York’s Soho district as part of New York fashion week, Y-3 took a tour of British style and Olympic sport, all in the essence of Yohji Yamamoto, the label’s designer. Offering sport as a theme, Y-3 presented unique takes on Olympic style, filtered through the street aesthetic of Londontown. This meant clever renditions of classic English checks, graphic Mod-era prints, rough-and-tumble workwear, and the Union Jack. Models walked the runway to a sound track of Tokio Hotel and Miyavi, while a front-row crowd including Dwight Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Pitt, and Peaches Geldof looked on.  

See photos + video of the runway show after the jump

Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard  (Photo by Joe Kohen/Getty Images for Y-3)

                       Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, actors Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Pitt and Stacey Pitt                                                 (Photo by Joe Kohen/Getty Images for Y-3)

Model/Actress Tolula Adeyemi  (Photo by Joe Kohen/Getty Images for Y-3)

Dave 1 of Chromeo (Photo by Joe Kohen/Getty Images for Y-3)

Actor Samuel L. Jackson (Photo by Joe Kohen/Getty Images for Y-3)

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