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fashion optics … anrealage a/w 2013

02 Tuesday Jul 2013

Posted by meappropriatestyle in Anrealage, avant garde, colour traits, colourspeak, creative headdress, design experimentation, design inventive, design philosophy, monochrome, prints, ready to wear, runway presentation, runway show, Tokyo Fashion Week, womenswear, womenswear designers

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Japanese conceptual fashion designer

Kunihiko Morinaga

(image from wwdjapan.com):

is the creative behind the RTW label

Anrealage …

a fusion of real and unreal, the expected and the unexpected –

combining inventive design elements that  are

at once in contradiction and yet wonderfully in sync.

…

Consider the Anrealage  s/s 2013 collection,

presented during Tokyo Fashion Week

 and fittingly called

Bone

It was of an aesthetic of hard and soft elements:

an exo- skeletal, grid exterior encasing

a fragile, delicate interior :  the ladylike tea dresses –

a juxtaposition of opposites.

(images from style.com):

Anrealage, s/s 2013

…

Morinaga is a master of light/fibre optics technology,

which was used for the exo-skeletal structures.

He expertly integrates innovative elements

into his design to further the narrative.

His s/s 2013 collection was a tale of imagery:

hard/rigidity with soft/delicacy.

…

The Anrealage a/w 2013 collection seems also to incorporate

the idea of contradictions in harmony.

The collection is titled

A Colour Un Colour

As to be expected from Morinaga …

expect the unexpected.

There is an eerie mix of playfulness and austerity.

It is how this is achieved, which wowed the show’s attendees and

as always, intrigues the aficionados of Morinaga’s work.

…

In his a/w 2013 runway show, Morinaga presented

pieces reminiscent of  the playful, progressive

1920s fashion sensibilities:

straight-line chemise, shifts, no waistline for dresses

menswear inspired tailoring for trouser suits.

…

There was a severe factor – accomplished by the models’ stern expressions

and the rigid headdress.

Models wore hard, helmet-like coifs chiselled into

1920s-esque finger curls.

 …

This play on opposites in harmony, seems presented in the collection

as a combining of:

 youth paired with maturity

rigidity paired with flowing

stern paired with soft

as expressed through the effects of colour,  print, pattern, styling

…

As expected, Morinaga used optic technology,

to enhance the visual impact of the runway show.

Yet, what was wholly unexpected was the execution.

What initially appeared as monochrome pieces

were transformed into pastel and sherbert hues.

 As models stood at unflinching attention,

the clothes subtly and softly changed in colour   –

a visual feat accomplished by use of

photo-chromatic dyes…

Genius!

…

Anrealage a/w 2013

Watch the runway presentation:

A Colour Un Colour

Anrealage – Runway Show

a/w 2013

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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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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  

 

…

 

 

(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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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 .

 

…

 

 

Kunihiko Morinaga,

the creative of avant garde label,  Anrealage

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

Bones

 

…

 

 

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.

 

…

 

 

Provocative.  Organic.  Colourful.  Conceptual.

Anrealage,   s/s 2013

 

 

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

 


 

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