Japan Fashion Exhibition at the Barbican, London

[Faust]

Some pictures I was able to sneak in with my iPhone.



Junya Watanabe



Undercover (my favorite of the exhibit)



Junya Watanabe



Junya Watanabe



Junya Watanabe

[Faust]

Undercover (every one of these puffy things is a cut out skull)



Comme des Garcons



Comme des Garcons (I think)



Yohji Yamamoto

[Faust]

Undercover



Yohji Yamamoto



Yohji Yamamoto



Yohji Yamamoto



Yohji Yamamoto

[kompressorkev]

Thanks so much faust! Some incredible pieces. Wish I was there .

[lowrey]

your spy tactics are clearly better than mine, I managed to snap a total of one picture before I was rushed

[Faust]

Haha, get an iPhone! A good spying tool. You are welcome, kev!

[lowrey]

"what?"

[Lumina]

haha

Thanks for the pictures Faust !
There are some others here, I apologize if they have already been posted someplace else :

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=287755&id=183156123827

Is it just a display of (amazing) clothes or is there some interesting texts and relations between garnments ? Is the catalogue good ?

[MikeN]

Haha, yeah I got yelled at 3 separate times before I finally put the camera away.

[Faust]

No texts and the catalogue is so-so. It was a bit of a flop, to be honest. The FIT exhibit is much better, not to mention that it's free. And the catalogue that accompanies it, JAPAN FASHION NOW, is worth getting.

[MetroBulotDodo]

No texts and the catalogue is so-so. It was a bit of a flop, to be honest. The FIT exhibit is much better, not to mention that it's free. And the catalogue that accompanies it, JAPAN FASHION NOW, is worth getting.

I felt similarly that the recent Japanese fashion show at the Asian-American art museum in SF was a klunker (my recent reaches as far as 2 years -- 'a bit'.)

I'm pleased to hear about the show at FIT -- I think I'll take the train up to see it. And pick up the catalogue, natch. Thanks for the pics and the news about the exhibit at FIT, Faust.

MBD

[Faust]

you are welcome - i took plenty of photos of that, too.

[soulp0]

wasn't too impressed by the curation of the exhibition. many of them are popular work of the designers. i'm looking forward to the Yohji tribute at V&A in spring!

[lowrey]

The FIT exhibit is much better

whew, thanks for the reminder. I probably would've forgotten about this as it was initially supposed to run until Jan 8th, but seems like it has been extended to April!