Incidentally got the invitation, also the venue located very closed to my school. I've known Mihara in 2000, from the design project with PUMA aka the MY series. He's been very successful in Japan...everyone knows his SOSU shoes stores. By the way, Is he ready for the international market? To be competed with other very strong strong competitors, he need something fresh, something very Japanese like his Japanese seniors did. Miyake has pleats and APOC, Kawakubo has decon-structure and Kenzo has printing...what is our Mihara has? Puma?? For A/W 06-07, he got inspired from a conceptual artist Victor Burgin. "Any previous moment to the present moment" is the quote of Mihara's winter. He took us back to the nostalgic American war field. Every details have their meanings and stories. The monotone grey palette reflects us the memories of the past, while wire and string that encapsulate the boots & pants is meaned to capture the time. (what a conceptual??) The look and styling made me think of the civil war between Capt. John Smith and the Natives, military details and fabrics, flair pants, puffy-fur Ponchos, the cowboy-style shirts and cowboy hats. Everything doesn't harmonize together...while i'm watching one look with the Berlin [Slimane] cut, suddently followed by one with the fur gloves as they're from McQueen's show. Some looks are like to be designed for his Puma trainer, while some are for the Converses..?? The best scene is going to the soundtrack. The Japanese tap artist was solo his talent all along the show, as I tired for him. If someone never seen Mihara before, have to think that this artist would be the designer himself. He tore and jumped out from the screen at the moment of the finale, of course, he got all eyes. I almost missed Mihara by the glance. 
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