Japanese designer Hiroko Koshino likes to surprise us: last season, she organized a fashion show in two stages, with a select committee and photographers, before parading the models among the public invited to the inspirations exhibition. This season, she opens the doors to her inspiration by presenting the textiles she created and which inspired her Spring-Summer 2011 collection.
By presenting her collection at the Cité de l’Architecture in the form of an exhibition, she gives us the opportunity to understand her creative process, from the creation of the fabric pieces in their entirety, to the garment itself. Where the monumental pieces and wooden panels displayed like stained-glass windows surprise and move us like so many paintings, it’s in the garments and accessories themselves that we find all the attention to detail of Hiroko Koshino – and Japanese designers in general.
A print enhanced by a texture here, embroidery and pearls on a seemingly simple shoe, worked collars and even paintings on tights give us the full measure of the thought put into each piece, from fabric preparation to cutting, until the garment emerges that will one day join a customer’s collection.
With such a process, who can say that fashion isn’t an art?
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Text by Mademoiselleaparis.com, pictures by Luxsure
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