On January 24, 2026, at 5:00 PM CET, Y-3 presented its Fall Winter 2026 collection at the Palais d’Iéna in Paris. Set within the historic modernist architecture, the presentation served as a platform to reaffirm the philosophical foundation that has defined the label since its inception.

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Y-3 was born from the collaboration between adidas and Yohji Yamamoto. Conceived as an intersection between sport and poetic expression, the label has continuously evolved while remaining grounded in the reality of the street. It exists not merely as sportswear or fashion, but as an ongoing experiment exploring the relationship between the human body and the urban environment.

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This season’s collection explores the latent potential between technology and the organic.
Clothing is not presented as inert matter, but as something intrinsically connected to the human body. Y-3 reconsiders this relationship, locating new expression within the threshold where function and sensation, rationality and physicality intersect.

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At the centre of the collection is a collaboration with the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team.
The precision, tension, and velocity inherent to motorsport are translated into the structure and expression of the garments. Motorsport appears not as a reference, but as a framework through which the body experiences speed itself.

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Graphic elements bring together the work of longtime Yohji Yamamoto collaborator Chikami Hayashi and artist Chito.
The Three Stripes mutate into new visual forms, placing the past, present, and future of Y-3 into dialogue. Garments become carriers of temporal layers, embodying continuity and transformation simultaneously.

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Denim returns to the collection for the first time in over a decade.
Drawing inspiration from skate culture, these pieces introduce a physicality distinct from motorsport. Between acceleration and gravity, the collection explores the tension between opposing modes of movement that define the contemporary urban body.

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Denim also returns to the collection for the first time in over a decade.
Influences from skate culture offer a physicality that contrasts with motorsports. A body pursuing speed, and a body confronting gravity in the city. The tension between these two extremes is at the core of Y-3's expression.

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Footwear innovation plays a central role, marked by the debut of the Y-3 NISI.
As the label’s first fully vulcanised shoe, it responds directly to the physical demands of skateboarding. Like the garments, it extends the body’s capacity for movement and interaction with the environment.

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Additional models, including the Y-3 TOKYO WARPED and Y-3 SUPERSTAR 3G, reinterpret iconic adidas silhouettes.
These transformations connect historical athletic forms with contemporary bodily expression. The past is not preserved as a fixed reference, but reactivated within the present.

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Throughout the apparel, the fusion of tailoring and sportswear becomes increasingly refined.
Adaptive construction and interchangeable elements allow garments to be shaped by the wearer. Y-3 proposes clothing not as a fixed object, but as a uniform for the body—one that enables both function and personal expression.

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Y-3 begins with the street, and ultimately returns to it.
Through the continuous redefinition of the relationship between sport, city, and body, the label reaches a new threshold.

It reveals new possibilities for clothing beyond the boundaries of sport and fashion.