Germany's Adidas launches Y-3 Fall/Winter 2023 Chapter 3

For over two decades, the partnership between Adidas and Yohji Yamamoto has continued to pioneer a trailblazing approach to avant-garde sportswear. In Fall/Winter 2023, Y-3 returns to present the third chapter of its year-long exploratory narrative – with the subversive label taking athletic iconography, silhouettes, and materials and re-contextualising them through the lens of Yohji Yamamoto’s renegade design vision.

Inspired by Adidas’ inimitable sporting legacy, Chapter 3’s apparel collection sees Y-3 evolve the collegiate motifs of previous seasons, for an entirely new context. Drawing on vintage varsity style lettering, an array of graphics are applied to jackets, T-shirts, and hoodies, in kettle stitch embroidery, chenille patches, puff prints, and engineered knits. A curated offering of quilted pieces, with cutlines inspired by the Adidas Originals Aloxe tracksuit, completes the apparel highlights with a selection of jackets, vests, skirts, and pants. 

The footwear, meanwhile, stays true to the conceptual impetus with the Y-3 Centennial HI and Y-3 Centennial LO which re-imagine a quintessential athletic footwear silhouette, in elevated material make-ups. The collection also features a continuation of the label’s exploration of signature Adidas Originals archival silhouettes with updated takes on the Y-3 Superstar, Y-3 Marathon TR, and Y-3 Gazelle.

The collection is then rounded out by a host of bold accessories including elevated totes, gym bags, backpacks, body bags, knit beanies, caps, and more, the company said in a press release.