Peekaboo: A Japanese fixation......

THE THEME: 'Sakoku (鎖国 literally locked country) was the foreign relations policy of Japan under which no foreigner could enter nor could any Japanese leave the country on penalty of death...'

Think about the sense of Japanese order, precision and clean lines......

Japanese abstract thinking was the inspiration for Hussein Chalayan's SS 2011 collection. Reading more about the show, he wanted to create the idea of a cultural isolation which textures and colours then penetrated.

It was all about revealing textures from the underneath of solidity. Cutting parts of a garment away to reveal others.

More feminine tulle skirts protruded from underneath heavier, boxy, long coats.

Chalayan said, during an interview, that Japanese thinking is easily represented by their packaging design.....

THEMES: “decentered,” “wrapping in transition,” and “floating body.”

'Floating Body' pieces were not as detached from the body as perhaps Margiela, but took on their own anonymity. The colours became more give the work a fresher, more wearable feel. 

A seemingly simple garment has been transformed by the clever panelling in the side of this dress.

This trapeze-silhouette leads the eye down, from a classic shirt shape to an experimental hem line.


Chalayan, like Gareth Pugh decided to dedicate his creative focus on a film, rather than a catwalk show. He was trying to embody the mood of his concept- something that just cannot be achieved on a live catwalk. At one point, black covered, anonymous 'performers' circles one of the dresses creative movements in the fabric. There is an energy and tension in fashion film that is difficult to translate into any other medium...

See the video below:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjExOTUxMDYw.html

Laura

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