"Challenging established Western notions of beauty and, using clothes as an autonomous form of expression, they turned fashion into art"
Featuring work by Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto, the exhibition explored the innovative uses of material and construction techniques.
Miyake's A Piece of Cloth concept was one which I found really exciting. He used a single length of fabric which emphasized the relationship between cloth and the human body. He also developed fabric weaving at the point of manufacture, doing away with traditional seams.
I also found his newest project, 132 5, particularly inspiring. Flat folded fabric turns into intricate clothing when placed on the body. This method created beautiful geometric shapes and origami like folds.
I also found Rei Kawakubo's work incredibly inspiring. Her work challenges perceptions of women and mens dress. She also experiments with oversized, enveloping garments as well as distorting the body form, as seen in her Body Meets Dress, Dress Meets Body Collection.
Loose forms and volume are often experimented with and I think the silhouettes created by subtraction cutting are very similar. I think what inspired me the most about this exhibition was the designers approach to creating new construction methods and using fabrics in an unexpected way.
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