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The concept of conceptual art in fashion design: from designers, Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo at Paris Fashion Week (PFW) a ’15

08 Sunday Mar 2015

Posted by meappropriatestyle in art influence - fashion, design experiment, design inspiration, design inventive, fabrication, Yohji Yamamoto

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autumn/winter 2015, avant garde, avant garde fashion, Comme des Garcons., conceptual clothing, conceptual fashion design, Paris Fashion Week, Rei Kawakubo, Yohji Yamamoto

 

If conceptual art is an expression of imagination in physical form-

then fashion is art: an inspired thought

made tangible with fabric and other materials.

 

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Creating with this intent, designers challenge the norm

to produce avant garde garments.

Not for practical wear, these pieces symbolise an idea(s) and

are often in conflict with conventional aesthetics.

Fashion of this type is of the genre of conceptual art-

whereby the idea is paramount, not the form it takes.

 

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For Paris Fashion Week (PFW)  a ’15

philosopher/designer Yohji Yamamoto and

avant garde designer Rei Kawakubo (Comme des Garçons)

each presented collections of the abstract:

provocative, speculative, enigmatic.

 

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(images from style.com):

by Yohji Yamamoto

 

 

The Idea(s)

Garments which evince a visual of things architectural, structural,

encircled by scaffolding, of construction in progress.

The eye make-up ‘wink’  seems signal to acknowledge

the state of noncompletion:  of the ‘garments under work’.

Is the collection’s seeming reference to

construction underway,  a metaphor for life;

that of life as a state of constant change, planning, developing, building?

 

 

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PFW,  a ’15

 

conceptual, a15, yamamot, framing DSC038_KIM_1086 conceptual, a15, yamamoto, umbrella framing DSC035_KIM_1029

Partially opened umbrella frame

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conceptual, a15, yamamoto, angularity DSC024_KIM_0719

At angles

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Crinoline aspect

 

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by Rei Kawakubo

Comme des Garçons

 

 

The Idea(s)

Covered, hidden beneath layers-

seemingly not for protective purposes

as the fabrication is light in colours and weight.

The use of light lace and a peek of hand(s) exposed in certain looks,

seems to suggest that this state of covering is temporary.

Maybe the idea of Ms, Kawakubo’s pieces

is that of something/someone being momentarily cocooned:

to emerge fully and with ease, at some later point .

 

Yet, there is some contradiction and tension-

a sense that an eventual uncovering

might not be always be easily accomplished.

In certain looks, the model is tightly enveloped in the wrappings

while in others, less so:

 

 

The collection unsettles-

no matter the amount used of lace, bows and brocade.

 

 

 

PFW,  a ’15

 

 

  conceptual, comme des garcons, cream cocoonnCDG_0339

conceptual, comme des garcons, a15 whiteCDG_0049

Tightly wound

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conceptual, comme des garcons, a15 b_w stripes, coveredCDG_0299

Barred

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conceptual, comme des garcons, a15, gold brocade, black, leather detail CDG_0493

Trapped, but with possibilities opening up

 

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Creating ‘honest’ garments: meet conceptual designer Pedram Karimi

02 Tuesday Dec 2014

Posted by meappropriatestyle in AiB (All in Black), AiW (all in white), avant garde, black/white wear, design experiment, design inspiration, design inventive, emerging designers, fabrication, free to be me, menswear, ready to wear, style ideas?, style inspiration, subdued colours, unisex wear, womenswear

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abstract design, asymmetric design, avant garde, avant garde fashion, conceptual clothing, Pedram Karimi, unisex clothing

 

On the rise designer Pedram Karimi views himself as an artist

whose medium for his creative expression is fashion.

Born in Iran, raised in Austria and now residing in Montreal, Canada

Mr. Karimi studied at London College of Fashion-

where undoubtedly, his avant garde sensibilities were honed.

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(image from leloi.ca):

pedram karimi, portrait

designer, Pedram Karimi

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His designs are interpretative of how he perceives his world

in its complexities of concrete and abstract terms.

Mr. Karimi’s work is an exploration in silhouette, styling versatility, unisex wear.

His aesthetics is modern, visionary;

inspiring Mr. Karimi to create “garments that feel honest”-

true to his design perspective on future fashion directives.

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The Collection,  a/w  2014

muted colours, varied fabrication, Asymmetric flow

 

 

(images from vogue.it):

 

pedram karimi, white outfit, menspedram karimi, a14, womens, white dresspedram karimi, a 14, asymmetry, black top, white skirt

pedram karimi, b/w, a14, mens

asymmetric lines

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pedram karimi, men, jacket, skirt, trousers, a14

menswear layering:  top, skirt, trousers

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pedram karimi, mens tunic, a14

tunic with defined shoulders

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shiny fabrication

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pedram karimi, a14, men

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pedram karimi, a14, men multi-layering

cape crusader with oversized ‘3-digit’ gloves

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Of perfection: designer, Kunihiko Morinaga

16 Saturday Mar 2013

Posted by meappropriatestyle in avant garde, colour, colourspeak, creative headdress, design experiment, design experimentation, design inspiration, design inventive, design philosophy, emerging designers, fashion historic reference, fashionspeak..., japan fashion week, look book-back, meapp quote, monochrome, print, ready to wear, womenswear, womenswear designers

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Anrealage, Anrealage - archives, avant garde, avant garde fashion, design motto, design philosophy, Kunihiko Morinaga, Kunihiko Morinaga - design motto, womenswear designers

 

 

The motto of designer Kunihiko Morinaga, of fashion label Anrealage,  is

 “God is in the details.”

 
which thoroughly reflects in his meticulously and eloquently executed creations.

Mr.  Morinaga is an innovative voice in the  language of fashion-speak.

A quick look book-back glance at a few creations from the Anrealage archives

shows garments which are

 

sculptural

architectural

wearable

manipulation of proportion, scale

pattern, print 

monochromatic

romantic, whimsical

historical/cultural referencing  

 

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(images from http://www.anrealage.com):

 

The collections:

Time,  a/w  2012

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Shell, s/s  2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Low, a/w  2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
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s/s  2011
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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a/w  2008/2009

 
 
 
 
 
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Unreal: Anrealage, s/s 2013

16 Saturday Mar 2013

Posted by meappropriatestyle in accessories, Anrealage, avant garde, colour, creative headdress, design experiment, design experimentation, design inspiration, design inventive, hats, hosiery, inspiration, japan fashion week, ready to wear, runway presentation, shoes... glorious shoes, womenswear, womenswear designers

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Anrealage, Anrealage - Bones collection, avant garde, avant garde fashion, creative accessories, design inspiration, exoskeletal garment, Kunihiko Morinaga, spring/summer 2013, women's wear, womenswear designers

 

A fashion creative’s design inspiration

can originate from a variety of references,

singular or collective:

a work of art

an artistic movement

an architectural structure

a music genre

an historical era

a personal muse

a natural phenomenon

an element in nature

a myriad of things past, present and imagined .

 

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Kunihiko Morinaga,

the creative of avant garde label,  Anrealage

presented an innovative  s/s 2013 collection, which he called

Bones

 

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The collection is inspired by the idea of

form, framework, structure, pattern

The grid-like shells, which outline the garments are

like exoskeletons:   a hard covering, encasing a soft interior.

The same detail is echoed in the accessories:

headwear, socks, shoes. 

Extraordinary.

 

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Provocative.  Organic.  Colourful.  Conceptual.

Anrealage,   s/s 2013

 

 

(images from http://www.anrealage.com)

 


 

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At first light of the 20th century, there was modernism

02 Saturday Feb 2013

Posted by meappropriatestyle in accessories, avant garde, Betty Cooke, design experimentation, design inventive, design philosophy, inspiration, jewellery, signature piece

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abstract imagery, avant garde, avant garde jewellery design, Betty Cooke, experimentation, jeweller, modernism, modernist, modernist jewellery

 

Modernist creativity summed up

experimentation

abstractionism

rejection of realism

varied forms

diverse materials

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novel thoughts

novel approaches

novel creations

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Meet modernist jewellery designer Betty Cooke

whose simple, elegant pieces embody the essence of avant-garde.

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 celestial necklace
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yellow gold and pearl ring
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gold ear-rings
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 silver neck ring with quartz crystal
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onyx and gold bracelet
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silver pin
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silver and wood necklace
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bird pin
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it’s all about you…

01 Saturday Dec 2012

Posted by meappropriatestyle in meapp quotes: words to live by

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avant garde, Dr. Seuss - quotation on you, personal style, style creativity

“Today you are You,

that’s truer than true.  

There is no one alive who is

Youer than you.”

(Dr. Seuss, children’s book author)

How does your meappropriatestyle express your “Youer than you”?

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