Miharayasuhiro
Chez Miharayasuhiro’s Spring Summer 2013 collection takes us back in time to the kitsch universe of David Lynch’s film “Wild At Heart”, the primary inspiration for the creations. An honorable effort, but one that has its limits, something we quickly realized as the show progressed.
Imagine a drive-in lost in the American countryside in the ’80s, a place where young people of the time would meet in their convertible cars to sip milkshakes in the diner or listen to the hits of the day on the jukebox, and you’ve got a good part of the atmosphere recreated by Mihayarasuhiro’s clothes.
These included pink silk teddys, buttoned at the collar, waiters’ shirts so typical of the period (yes, the ones with the person’s name embroidered on the pocket!), boots, Chuck Taylor-style sneakers, black leather chains and boots (for the rebellious side, surely) and derbies bearing the 8 that you’d find in magic 8 ball or billiard balls. More impressive are the snakeskin blazers taken directly from the film, reinterpreted on the collection’s T-shirts and shorts in a simple leather worked to imitate the same skin.
The colors are different to say the least from what we’ve seen this season, clearly limited by the theme: gray, pale pink, black, sky blue and white in just 2 looks. The python wedges are more colorful, with orange, red and mustard yellow, generally flirting with fluorescent hues.
The only criticism of this collection is that some pieces didn’t quite fit in with the theme, and perhaps lacked coherence with the whole. Indeed, there was an 80s/June Inoue medley (a Japanese artist with whom the house has collaborated on a few pieces) that was difficult to place in the context of the collection’s inspirations. But as I said earlier, the style of 80s American youth has its limits, and it was understandably difficult to complete an entire collection with this single inspiration.
Mary Yasmine Arrouche
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