What does WIND look like?
Building on his legacy of exploring frontiers between fashion and technology, Kunihiko Morinaga for Spring/Summer 2025 contemplates the art of dressing ̶ and undressing ̶ with help from the WIND, using the natural movement of air to breathe life into clothing, sculpt new silhouettes and render the invisible visible.
Offering a characteristically playful technological solution to increasingly scorching summers in Japan and beyond, the designer conjures a ‘cool-wear’ wardrobe that literally refreshes. Shaped by WIND and yet windproof, these pieces ̶ designed in collaboration with KUCHOFUKU, a Japanese pioneer in fan-equipped, air-conditioned utilitarian garments ̶ are cut from a specially developed airtight material made from the thinnest of nylon fabrics, weighing no more than 23 grams per square meter, and woven from threads so fine they measure about one-third the thickness of a hair.
With the click of a button, WIND generated by tiny, embedded fans inflate dresses to Un-Real proportions, evoking creatures from another world. Like windsocks, looks sprout unexpected forms, such as wings or bubble volumes.
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Windbreaker jackets in graphic color-block combinations both contain the WIND and protect against it, transforming garments into thermo-protective shields, while startling ‘couture’ looks in windproof organza and bonded tweed offer a quirky spin on formal dress, the clothes blowing up into extraordinary full forms or hanging softly in a cascade of delicate draping guided by gravity.
A selection of looks produced using Kyocera’s FOREARTH sustainable inkjet printing technology with water-free concept feature vibrant abstract motifs that form shifting patterns. Like magical colored clouds, their WIND-filled shapes constantly evolve from their initial natural state, flowing like petals as the models cross the runway, their whimsical ventilated volumes dancing in the air.
Blending fun with technological solutions to adapt to the new challenges of life on Earth, Kunihiko Morinaga’s poetically bizarre and deeply positive vision of the future once again tickles the imagination, opening the door to a surreal yet viable universe. The Real World meets the Un-Real World, propelled by the invisible, unpredictable force that is the WIND.
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JAKOPS, Executive Producer of XGALX, SIMON JUNHO PARK joins ANREALAE 2025 S/S Paris Collection as the sound producer. JAKOPS is both the CEO and Executive Producer of XGALX which is the label of XG, HIPHOP / R&B girl’s group debuted in 2022. He produced original sound “AVENTURE” for ANREALAGE’s newest collection, directs the sounds and plays it in Paris.
Features of the inkjet textile printer “FOREARTH”
1)Water Free Concept
Dramatically reduces water usage in textile printing.*
2)Creative Free
Proprietary pigment ink realizes both soft hand-feel prints and high fastness in a wide range of fabrics.
3)Location Free
Textile printing does not rely on water resources, so it supports optimized production volumes and optimized manufacturing location setting and contributes to the reduction of logistic costs, time, and excess inventories.
As “FOREARTH” dramatically reduces water usage in textile printing next to zero, it does not require separate facilities such as for steaming and washing needed in pre- and post-treatment processes of conventional textile printing. This will also contribute to a significant reduction in energy consumption and CO2 emissions.
Furthermore, it achieves a soft texture maintaining softness of the fabric that are important in the textile and apparel industries, and enables high-definition printing on a wide range of fabrics such as cotton, silk, polyester, nylon, and blended fabrics.
KUCHOFUKU, invented by SFT LABORATORY CO.,LTD,, is fan-equipped, air-conditioned utilitarian garments. Our bodies are equipped with a natural cooling system to maintain a healthy temperature. This mechanism is sweating̶when our body temperature rises, the brain sends signals to trigger sweat production. This system becomes even more effective when combined with the heat absorbed during evaporation, known as the latent heat of vaporization, which helps cool the body.
With KUCHOFUKU, fresh air from the outside is absorbed, allowing for circulation between our body and the clothing. This helps sweat evaporate quickly, effectively lowering body temperature through the process of thermoregulation. Additionally, humid air is released from the collar and cuffs, enhancing comfort.”
So the KUCHOFUKU system does not require a huge amount of power; it only needs a very small amount of power. KUCHOFUKU itself is much more functional than fashionable. By utilizing this system into fashion, ANREALAGE is pursuing innovative silhouettes that evoke a sense of fashion while maintaining functionality.
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FWO
