Like Basketball in Hell, A Futuristic Extreme Sport by Yuima Nakazato. Tokyo Menswear 2014
ユイマナカザト2014年メンズ。近未来バスケの試合で地獄の外から火を付けて飛ばして、
A fashion designer needs to provide one thing to be a success on paper: clothes that some people will buy. But to be a true fashion designer in the eyes of the world, it takes a world view different from any other, and a REASON to design what they do. Some provide explanation through single words (a la Rei Kawakubo) and other stage elaborate shows to convey the message (a la old McQueen, Chanel). Yuima Nakazato didn’t do a huge show but he made sure of it that anyone who visited his new collection’s exhibit would feel transported into his world.
The first thing everyone came face to face with was a red-lit 3D-printed scaled model of the futuristic basketball court that Yuima invented along with his photos.
ファッションデザイナーは、
まず真っ先に誰もの目に飛び込んでくるのは、Yuima と建築家が創案した未来的なバスケットボールコートの3D プリントによるモデルと写真。
Inspired by a futuristic extreme version of basketball that is played by teams on tricked-out motorcycles, it is a dark, intricate menswear collection that plays out like a Hollywood blockbuster movie. His collection pieces are decked out in 3D printed red jelly-like number plates and accessories like chains and skeleton armor. Pulling that away are intricate and luxurious pieces, made from mink, horse hide, nylon, deerskin, and denim. Basketball shorts and sweatshirts are paired with motorcycle jackets and fur jackets quilted with plastic.
特別におしゃれして華々しく舞う、
There are hologram prints here as well, all printed with a texture of human muscle. It’s a dark collection for sure, but what one that sticks in your brain and doesn’t let go. And Yuima is smarter than to leave it so conceptual, so he created a commercial line that simplified his idea into hologram laser-cut t-shirts, skull and spine necklaces and a mink jacket for the high-roller.
こちらにはホログラムプリントもまた素晴らしいものが。
Yes… see this MINK and plastic quilted jacket, a luxury of the utmost order. And his commercial line:
そう。
This fur jacket is still 17 million yen( $17k) このファージャケットは170万円するわ
I am so happy to see this conceptual fashion prevail in Tokyo, at least at the highest level of the totem pole. Now to see it trickle down to consumers and give them a boost outta hell to wear things like this.
私は Yuima の作品のように概念的なファッションが東京に普及している様子を
Photos: Yasunari Kikuma/Exhibit photos by Misha Janette
Asst editor Yoshi Peter
that’s great!