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FUJIHIMURO
《Behind the Design》 YUIMA NAKAZATO Photo : Syuhei Yoshida
《Behind the Design》 YUIMA NAKAZATO Photo : Syuhei Yoshida
Curator’s Text
Title :《Behind the Design》

Yuima NAKAZATO researches and explores cutting-edge experimental materials and designs for fashion, which he then applies to his own creations. Here, he presents an installation of quarter-scale study models for the upcoming Paris Haute Couture Week in January 2023. Nakazato often makes models of this scale to examine materials and review different modes of fashion. During the production process, he uses these models to further refine his ideas, which take shape as the final works he presents to the world. He plans to display nearly 50 of these models for this exhibition, providing a bird's-eye view of how a basic idea can change and evolve through the production process and presenting an overall picture of his new collection.
Viewers will undoubtedly be intrigued by how such a logical production process can lead to fashion designs that look so sensual and emotional. But this process involves possibilities for experimenting with textiles. Yuima Nakazato has emerged as one of the most notable young designers in the Japanese fashion industry. In July 2016, he became the second Japanese designer in history and the first since Hanae MORI to be selected as an official guest designer for the Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week, where he presented his first Paris Couture collection.
Artist Profile
YUIMA NAKAZATO

YUIMA NAKAZATO

A fashion designer. Born in Tokyo in 1985. Yuima founded his eponymous fashion label in 2009, and has presented his collection at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week as an o cial guest designer since 2016. He holds an M.A. from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, where his graduate collection earned multiple awards in Europe.