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Future Beauty 30 Years of Japanese Fashion

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Take a look at this BBC news video from back in 2010, the report details an exhibition that took place in London’s Barbican Art Gallery followed by Munich’s Haus der Kunst (careful how you pronunce that). ‘Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion’ gathers together works from leading Japanese designers and details their impact and influence on the fashion world.

From the Barbican website…

‘Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion is the first exhibition in Europe to comprehensively survey avant-garde Japanese fashion, from the early 1980s to the present. Curated by the eminent Japanese fashion historian Akiko Fukai, Director of the Kyoto Costume Institute, the exhibition explores the unique sensibility of Japanese design, and its sense of beauty embodied in clothing.
Japanese fashion made an enormous impact on the world fashion scene in the late 20th century and designers such as Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto redefined the very basis of fashion. Their works will be shown alongside Kawakubo’s protégé, the techno-couturier Junya Watanabe, together with the acclaimed Jun Takahashi, and the new generation of radical designers including Tao Kurihara, Fumito Ganryu, Matohu, Akira Naka, Mina Perhonen and Mintdesigns.’

In 2012 the exhibition is coming to Tokyo! Tentatively set for a July 28th opening at the Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art, it’s one of several exciting events we’ve heard are taking place in the capital this year.