I recently discovered an awesome online magazine called FASHION156.com (check it out, its pretty damn cool). They're really focused on uncovering and promoting emerging talent and exposing the cutting edge in fashion and the creative industries, which is something I've always been really inspired and interested by.
So whilst on their blog I discovered this amazing designer, Natsumi Zama. Taking inspiration from her Japanese roots, this London College of Fashion graduate uses structure and tailoring to explore the line between two-dimensional and three-dimensional designs. In this collection each of the designs is backed with a large expanse of fabric which creates a square when laid flat, and falls gracefully in cascades of folds and pleats when draped on the body.
[SOURCES: all fashion156]
What I really love about these designs is how when you look at each piece in 2D, it is hard to imagine it being worn in normal day-to-day life, appearing more like art than clothes, but as soon as you see the outfits on the model you see how truly accessible and easy to wear they really are. That is a line which I find extremely interesting and clever, and one that I wish I could get away with.
I hope you think they're as amazingly awesome as I do.
Alice.
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