With a suggested soundtrack of Ryuichi Sakamoto classics, Junya Watanabe is off to Bhutan with his loungey SS22 menswear lineup. The COMME des GARÇONS vet often channels workwear cues for his MAN collection and though his new offering does uphold that tenet, it's filtered through a Buddhist lens; appropriate given Bhutan's religious background.

Watanabe was especially inspired by photographer Jamie Hawkesworth's documentation of a Bhutanese trip, mixing elements of Hawkesworth's series with works from a variety of international artists to create some inspired pattern play. Truckers jackets, short-sleeved sweaters, anoraks, sarouel trousers, and shoulder bags are graced with vivid imagery from the likes of Phannapast Taychamaythakool, Ang Tsherin Sherpa, Xuebing Du, and Marta Olga Klara, to name only a few. The all-hands affair really drives home the international feel.