Over two decades into their partnership, a new era is underway for adidas and Yohji Yamamoto's Y-3 label.

The two have set out to bring fresh energy to the brand through its Y-3 atelier, which was followed by a new footwear model that can be dismantled into five pieces and has an interchangeable midsole.

Thanks to those recent developments, this is the most excited I've been about Y-3 since the days that QASA HIGHs were my ultimate sneaker grail — a shoe that the brand recently brought back.

Now looking through the second chapter of its spring/summer '23 collection, my excitement is more than justified.

The label's newest selection is themed around "technical effortlessness'' and presented through a lookbook of sheer beauty. Created in collaboration with Takashi Homma, it takes inspiration from the artist’s ‘New Waves’ body of work with models shot against a coastal landscape as the sun sets.

But beyond the near-breathtaking campaign imagery, this chapter of the collection sees the brand deploy typically functional design details on a selection of outdoor-ready pieces, elevated through Yamamoto's avant-garde lense.

Sticking predominantly to its signature color palette of black, white, and grey, this results in everything from a blazer and cardigan to tracksuits. These pieces then disguise their technical know-how through asymmetric cuts or monochrome color schemes.

Arriving alongside the clothing is new sneakers, something the Y-3 label has come to specialize in. Alongside the aforementioned ITOGO, which has no glue so that it can be easily dismantled, there is also the TERREX SWIFT R3 GTX.

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Joining together with adidas' outdoor-focused TERREX subline, the sneaker comes with a waterproof GORE-TEX membrane, Continental™ Rubber outsole, and a zip-up fastening for a design that can more than handle itself on a mountain trail.

But the minimal design does a good job of hiding just how technical these sneakers are — as is the story for the rest of the collection.

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