Saw the Christian Dior take on the various Japanese traditional garments for the Spring 2007 Paris Haute Couture shows and was blown away. Each look is such a precise mix of the classic aesthetic mixed with a sexy, glamorous, modern edge...it was so sickeningly beautiful, I wanted to vomit.
Seriously, for this post, let's just say pictures are worth a billion, trillion, beauty words!! Take a look.
Mimicking the creative mix of style that was in vogue right after the Western influences seeped into the long-closed country.
The full Kimono look, complete with the long sleeves that is meant to show off the most delicate part of the women's body - the wrist
Using the classic matsu (Japanese pine tree) design often found in the Hangas (wood block art prints) and on the Fusuma (sliding doors often found in traditional japanese style homes), the dress shape resembles the top and wide balloon bottom look that fishermen in Japan still wear.
Capturing the structured fragility of the Origami swans and flowers. A transcendental take on the beauty of the folded thin fabric - washi paper. Stunning!
xox
