Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Satoshi Kondo dresses models in floaty bodysuits and conjoined knitwear for Issey Miyake

Issey Miyake Autumn Winter 2020 show by Satoshi Kondo

Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake's Autumn Winter 2020 collection features bodysuits with origami folds, multi-person rainbow knitwear and zip-off puffer outfits designed by Satoshi Kondo.

The runway show, presented at the Lycée Carnot as part of Paris Fashion Week, was called Making Speaking, Speaking Making.

 

Kondo, who took over as head designer of Issey Miyake in 2019, said this collection explored how the naive joy of engaging the senses with colour and tactility could "connect beyond languages and cultures by the feelings we share".

Two of the models wafted onto the runway in shimmering bodysuits made from gauzy fabric folded in intricate origami patterns.

 

Connected at only the wrists and ankles, with turtle-like hooded openings for their heads, the silky suits created flowing movements as the models raised their arms and wafted around each other.

The looks were paired with chunky-soled grey booties, along with most of the collection.

 

When the show opened a sheet of paper stretched across the back wall, with a single stylised figure outlined in thick black pen drawn in the middle.

Two assistants walked on and drew two more figures either side of the central one. They then cut around the outside and peeled away the paper to leave a person-size cutout, while a third assistant cut the middle figure out from behind.

 

Models wearing white structured garments with black outlines stepped into the gaps, like life-size paper cut-outs.


Project credits:

Collection design: Satoshi Kondo
Show concept and direction: Daniel Ezralow
Music: Matthew Herbert
Production: Roy Genty, Laëtitia Goffi
Lighting design: Valérie Bodier
Technical coordination: Mathieu Touchard, Manon Laffitte, Gaëtan Gremel, Hair Ramona Eschbach at Total Management: using L’Oréal Paris
Makeup: Gregoris at Calliste using Shiseido
Invitation design: Tadanori Yokoo

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