The concept of freedom had been enjoying on Sayori Tanaka’s thoughts this season. “There are numerous folks world wide whose freedom is being restricted in numerous methods, and I really feel resentful and offended about that, so the gathering expressed this,” the designer defined following her fall present, which was held within the huge corridor of the Yoyogi Nationwide Gymnasium. A piano participant gently tinkled the keys earlier than switching to an electrical keyboard, accompanied by a drummer retaining the rhythm on a cajon because the fashions paced down rows within the stadium.
Utilizing feathers as a motif to characterize that aforementioned sense of freedom, the gathering was an train in Americana, with cowboy boots, paisley prints, Western shirts with arrow pockets, and tasseled skirts telling the story. Denim is Tanaka’s forte, and so it remained tonight, with highlights being a Texan tuxedo festooned with bijoux, loads of nice denims, and a surprisingly wearable-looking denim corset.
Most of the different concepts weren’t executed with sufficient refinement, nonetheless, and ended up trying messy. Tanaka is a former design director at Uniqlo with additional expertise at Yohji Yamamoto, however past the denim she clearly has a knack for, her personal design language nonetheless feels unclear. “Envision! Think about Once more!” learn the lights on the ceiling on the finish of the present.
