Issey Miyake displays a canvas of colors at Paris Fashion Week
Issey Miyake’s fall-winter collection has transformed the runway in Paris’ Palais de Tokyo into a visual feast, fusing art and fashion at Paris Fashion Week
PARIS — A white, sanitized runway inside Paris’ Palais de Tokyo was adorned with pleated garments on Thursday, displayed like paintings on its walls.
The spectacle hinted at the theme of Issey Miyake’s display — fusing fashion and drawings by French artist Ronan Bouroullec to find a quiet power. The collaboration at Paris Fashion Week made for a deeply poetical collection, unafraid of color.
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Bursting onto the scene with a kaleidoscope of imagination, Miyake’s collection was a mesmerizing journey through texture and color.
In this season’s offerings, the sparing use of Bouroullec’s color-rich drawings on the house’s loose, pared-down iconic pleats created an understated impact. Each garment moved fluidly and with a vibrancy. The garment-canvasses brought Bouroullec’s artistic vision into the realm of wearable art, marrying the ethereal drawings with the tangible, moving nature of clothes.
In many instances, it felt like a dance of shadow and light, where the pleats seemed to bring the drawings to life, creating an illusion of movement even in stillness.
Among the myriad dreamlike moments in this poetical display were striking moments of color-blocking. One model held a voluminous vermilion red fabric abstractly in his hand, powerfully contrasting with a green arm and a black tunic. It made for a bold, yet harmonious interplay.
Delving deeper into the heart of the collection, Bouroullec reflected on the collaboration, calling it “an extraordinary experience.”
“I discovered many things … about what my work
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