fendi – SoraNews24 —Japan News— https://soranews24.com Bringing you yesterday's news from Japan and Asia, today. Fri, 15 Dec 2023 15:01:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/05/en_rocket_1024.png?w=32 fendi – SoraNews24 —Japan News— https://soranews24.com 32 32 176746664 Pokémon gets Year of the Dragon fashionable with collaboration with Fendi and Fragment Design【Pics】 https://soranews24.com/2023/12/16/pokemon-gets-year-of-the-dragon-fashionable-with-collaboration-with-fendi-and-fragment-design%e3%80%90pics%e3%80%91/ https://soranews24.com/2023/12/16/pokemon-gets-year-of-the-dragon-fashionable-with-collaboration-with-fendi-and-fragment-design%e3%80%90pics%e3%80%91/#comments Fri, 15 Dec 2023 15:00:46 +0000 https://soranews24.com/?p=645229

It’s Dragonite, Dragonair, and Dratini’s year to shine.

The Year of the Dragon is coming up soon, and especially so in Japan. Unlike other countries that follow the Chinese zodiac tradition as part of Lunar New Year celebrations, Japan switches over to the next animal on January 1.

So with the start of the Year of the Dragon just a few weeks away in Japan, so too is a high-fashion collaboration starring the original Pokémon Dragon-type evolution set.

This is a three-way team-up between the Pokémon franchise, Italian fashion producer Fendi, and Japanese designer Hiroshi Fujiwara’s Fragment Design label. With Fendi most famous for its bags and other leather items, those are the first pieces that have been unveiled, and the collection will include Pokémon versions of Fendi’s women’s Baguette and Peekaboo ISeeU models, featuring Gen-I Dragon-types Dragonite, Dragonair, and Dratini.

The designers are saying that shopper bags and men’s camera bags will also be part of the collaboration, plus a range of accessories such as keyholder charms, gold-plated rings and earrings will be on offer too, as will apparel items including T-shirts, hoodies, and roomwear. Though photos of the clothing designs haven’t been shown yet, Fendi has teased an image of the digital versions that will be available for avatars in mobile game Pokémon GO starting January 4.

January 4 is also when the FENDI x FRGMT x POKÉMON collection, as it’s officially called/rendered, goes on sale at select Fendi stores. No word has been given yet regarding online sales or prices, but more details are to be revealed later this month. In the meantime, if you need some cute Year of the Dragon stuff that you can get your hands on right now, Disney Japan can provide you with Eto Pooh.

Source, photos: PR Times
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Fashion giants use traditional fabric dyeing technique in their Fall/Winter collection.

Italian luxury fashion brand Fendi recently released their Fall 2022 Couture Collection, with a number of garments debuting on the catwalk. The fashion house is based in Rome, Italy, but Fendi’s Artistic Director Kim Jones commented of the collection, “This season, I wanted to step away from Rome, or at least I wanted to place Rome in a global context.” 

So, Fendi’s latest collection travels from Italy’s fashion capital of Rome to Japan’s culture capital Kyoto.

Taking inspiration from classical Kyoto fashion, the dresses feature sheets of kimono fabric, which are cut and added to the garments in a patchwork style. These sections were inspired by popular kimono patterns of the 18th century, and they’re produced for the Fendi dresses using kata-yuzen, a traditional fabric dyeing technique that originated in Kyoto.

Kata-yuzen allows for intricate designs on the fabric even without the use of modern machinery. A paper stencil is placed on white cloth, and a mixture of glue (made from glutinous rice) and dye is applied on top, similar to screen printing. The cloth is then steamed to ‘print’ the dye on the kimono fabric, and the fabric then gets washed to remove the glue.

You can see the screen printing process in this video below, which has English subtitles.

Fendi worked closely with a family of kata-yuzen artists in Kyoto, who used their traditional techniques to create lengths of kimono silk which were then asymmetrically cut and sewn to form long, floor-length dress silhouettes.

Other pieces in Fendi’s collection took inspiration from Japan in different ways, like this dress with hand-painted momiji (Japanese maple leaf) patterns.

With a high fashion giant like Fendi, the beautiful garments will likely come with a hefty price tag, but there’s no denying these pieces are certainly unique and eye-catching.  If you’re looking for something a little less bank-breaking but still want that traditional Japanese vibe, though, check out these samurai robes from Japanese fashion brand Trove.

Source: Fendi via Japaaan, PR Times
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