YUIMA NAKAZATO Couture, presented its collection « Harmonize » spring-summer 2018 in Paris. The term « Harmonize » illustrates the state in which two very different entities, the human body and the garment, continue to develop and complement one another. This delicate balance, a harmony of the entities themselves, is the way YUIMA NAKAZATO envisions the future of humanity and clothing.
This futuristic vision of outer space. Over time, humanity has dreamed of a world beyond their own. Symbolized by the Armstrongs marking the first footprints of humans on the moon and Kubrick 2001. Finally, there will be a moment when humans live a life outside the confines of this Earth. How we dress. We will be how we represent humans in space. The future of fashion is the future of us humans, said Yuima Nakazato.
Unit Constructed Textile, is a technology to develop a more sustainable fashion. The principle of the technique was in common with that of many other methods found in the areas of traditional Japanese custom repair with shredded « Boro » textiles to the outer structure of spacecraft. A project with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s space research team has inspired the importance of having various recyclable systems to support the limited resources in space over the long term.
Products originally designed to protect humans, such as airbags and parachutes around the world. Disassembly and reassembly through digital manufacturing and crafts.
Through this process, they have managed to develop a unique new manufacturing system that allows for partial garment updates from time to time in response to changing environments and the wearer’s body shape, significantly extending the life span. from life of the article to semi-permanent. With this system, clothes can really harmonize with each wearer and adapt to the world in which they live.
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