BEAMS FUTURE ARCHIVE Gives Grunge a New Guise for SS25
Mixing a Y2K punk aesthetic with Western and workwear finishes.
BEAMS FUTURE ARCHIVE is constantly reinventing the wheel on what it refers to as “archives of the future,” melding storied style codes with an innovative future-facing approach to its design. The Japanese label has set its sights on reimagining the edgy Y2K uniform for Spring/Summer 2025, melding a nostalgic grunge and punk-inspired aesthetic with Western and workwear influences.
Laden with leather, FUTURE ARCHIVE’s Spring/Summer range leans heavily into biker styles; tailored jackets land in hues of sleek all-black and a gradient blue colorway, each of which sees a zipper down the middle, pocketing at the sides and cinched sleeves secured with snap buttoning. A leather zip-up vest also lands in all-black and layers atop distressed knitwear and tees.
Down the line, denim surfaces in the form of dark-washed denim jackets and pants. Models also don cowboy hats and blinged-out belts, pairing the aforementioned pieces with the all-black denim.
A hoodie is imbued with a white skeletal drawing on its black background, while elsewhere, color pops on a plaid oxford shirt up against a lineup of neutral-toned pullover cardigans.
Explore the Spring/Summer 2025 collection by BEAMS FUTURE ARCHIVE in the lookbook above and shop the full range now at BEAMS HARAJUKU ANNEX.
