Koji Tatsuno, Autumn/Winter 1993
Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute, Gift of Mr Koji Tatsuno. Photo by Taishi Hirokawa.
Future Beauty: Avant-Garde Japanese Fashion
On view November 16, 2013 to January 26, 2014
Located in the: Peabody Essex Museum
Japanese designers such as Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto reshaped fashion in the early 1980s. The narrow silhouettes of Western couture gave way to flowing, sculpted forms. A reduced range of color emphasized cut and proportion. The voluminous spaces they created between body and fabric boldly redefined Japanese avant-garde fashion and forced people to reconsider the relationship between art, design and fashion. Co-organized by the Kyoto Fashion Institute and Barbican Art Gallery, London.
Support provided by the East India Marine Associates of the Peabody Essex Museum.
