As the 24-25AW season is fully delivered, the anticipation for the 25SS season is building.
In this post, we’ll provide an overview of D.HYGEN’s 25SS collection, highlighting its features and incoming items.
Enjoy reading until the end.
Merging Heaviness and Relaxation: The Balanced Brilliance of the D.HYGEN 25SS Collection
The 25SS collection is not tied to a specific theme; instead, it reflects the designer’s daily inspirations and experiences, shaped by the atmosphere of the moment. The result is a lineup of items born from unrestricted creativity.
Overall, the collection balances D.HYGEN’s signature solid and weighty aesthetic with a relaxed vibe that has become a recurring element in recent years.
The brand’s hallmark dark tones are accented with monochrome prints, gradient dyes, and light indigo hues, strategically placed for impactful contrast.
The collection avoids leaning too heavily on specific genres, incorporating various styles such as military, workwear, and sporty elements.
By mixing these, it creates a light and effortless spring/summer feel without appearing too heavy.
D.HYGEN has skillfully incorporated this "lightness" in recent seasons, and the 25SS collection takes this approach further.
From balance, materials, and silhouettes to patterns and styling, the range shows an impressive diversity while maintaining harmony.
Each piece stands out individually while allowing for a high degree of styling freedom, offering numerous ways to enjoy the collection.
A Fusion of Military, Workwear, and Sporty Elements
The 25SS collection incorporates a mix of influences, from military and workwear to sporty designs and classic jackets.
Some items feature intricate cuts and bold designs, while others adopt minimalist simplicity, showcasing a fresh take on design versatility.
Signature D.HYGEN details remain prominent, including strategic pocket placements, metal-and-leather zipper pulls, high-neck designs, coating treatments, uneven dyeing, and washer processing for textured wrinkles.
This season introduces bold printed patterns, repair details, damage treatments, and dramatic fading, adding depth and complexity.
The designs skillfully assert focal points without disrupting the overall cohesion, exemplifying D.HYGEN’s evolution.
Silhouette Changes Reflecting the Times
The 25SS collection reflects contemporary trends in its silhouettes.
While maintaining the slim cuts the brand is known for, it introduces slightly more relaxed fits.
Tops range from regular to relaxed fits, with most pieces featuring a slightly cropped length.
The most notable changes are in the pants, with an expanded selection of semi-wide to wide silhouettes complementing the staple slim styles.
Despite these updates, the overall sizing remains consistent with previous collections, ensuring customers can confidently select their usual size.
Material Innovations Creating the D.HYGEN Atmosphere
Materials play as significant a role as design in D.HYGEN’s creations.
For 25SS, lightweight and thin materials appropriate for spring and summer are extensively used.
However, these materials are far from ordinary; through multiple stages of processing—such as washer treatments, dye printing, and coating—unique textures are achieved, encapsulating D.HYGEN’s signature mood.
The designer personally oversees material selection and production across Japan, ensuring the brand’s distinctive atmosphere is reflected in every piece.
This season features two variations of the brand’s signature horse leather.
The 1.1mm vegetable-tanned leather is used for high-neck jackets, exuding weight and gravitas.
The 0.5mm chrome-tanned leather appears in the newly reintroduced leather shirts, offering a minimalist yet detailed design that balances softness with sophistication.
Handcrafted Denim: A One-of-a-Kind Collection
A standout of the 25SS collection is the denim line, created in collaboration with master denim artisans from Kojima, Okayama, a hub of denim craftsmanship.
Focusing on denim, a material the designer holds in high regard, the lineup includes slim, wide, and wide-cropped pants, along with high-neck jackets, etc...
Each pair of denim pants, available in black and indigo, is hand-finished with damage and repair details to achieve authentic vintage looks.
Some pieces incorporate sashiko hand-stitching and patchwork inspired by traditional Japanese elements.
With plans to continue this series, the future of the denim collection looks promising.
If you feel free to wear the clothes you like and feel uplifted
The collection’s lookbook highlights a mix of styles, pairing relaxed pants with volume for a laid-back yet refined vibe.
The silhouettes convey a sense of ease while subtly reflecting the designer’s belief that fashion is about looking good.
However, the designer notes, the lookbook is just an image of the season.
The right way to wear these clothes is whatever makes you feel cool.
Wear what you love freely and enjoy the uplifting feeling.
This collection inspires creativity, encouraging natural and stylish self-expression through a mix-and-match approach.
The 25SS collection will begin arriving as early as the end of this month, with more deliveries starting in January.
Stay tuned and look forward to it.