Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion

If you still haven't had a chance to see it yet the Barbican Art Gallery is hosting Europe’s first avant-garde Japanese fashion exhibiton, from the early 80’s through ‘till the present day. Akkiko Fukai, the renowned Japanese fashion historian and director of the Kyoto Costume Institute, is curator to the bold and beautiful display. The showcase embodies the huge impact Japan has had on the worlds fashion scene and explores the work of innovative designers such as Issey Miyake and Yohji Yamamoto.

The Japanese designers clearly represent a sensibility to fashion with a futuristic edge. The clothes are timeless and an entity of their own. All the clothes featured seem to form an independent silhouette without relying on a model’s petit figure.

The exhibition is running until the 6th February 2011, so if you haven’t seen it yet, book a date in the diary!