The current exhibition '30 Years of Japanese Fashion' showing at the Barbican Art Gallery in London is a perfect way of starting off our research. For many years Japan has been renowned for its innovative and cutting edge designs in fashion, technology, architecture and science. All interlinking together, supporting and enhancing each others aesthetics and attributes.
The designers showing their work include Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto, whose work made a massive impact on the fashion scene in the late 20th century. Among these Junya Watanabe, Jun Takahashi, Tao Kurihara, Fumito Ganryu, Matohu, Akira Naka, Mina Perhonen and Mintdesigns. My drawing on the right is inspired by Issey Miyake's 'Minaret dress' 1995. (image taken from http://www.dhub.org/ )I really love the architectural qualities, along with the creativity of the pattern cutting and the deviant choice of fabric materials; Polyester plain weave; pleated and heat- and pressure-set; plastic hoops. This has heightened my curiosity and inspired me to explore and look into properties and characteristics of materials and fabrics.
To conclude my trip to the exhibition, the pattern cutting techniques and methods that were shown are what really stood out to me. The display of 2D to 3D on the mannequins were also amazing, loved it!
(image taken from the exhibition photography - www.barbican.org.uk )
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