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Titled “R E :,” TAKAHIROMIYASHITA TheSoloist.‘s Fall/Winter 2021 presentation is one of the Japanese designer’s most avant-garde in recent years. Drawing inspiration from sources as diverse as The Beatles’
Help!, T. S. Eliot’s
Little Gidding, Judy Blame and the films of John Cassavetes, Miyashita crafted a collection of shapeshifting garments denoted by zippers, straps and chains that can be reworked and adjusted to suit the wearer’s needs.
Clever ideas abound; For instance, Miyashita added two dangling straps to tops and three to the bottoms together, these represent the five lines of a musical stave, “awaiting notes to be arranged freely and beautifully,” the show notes explain. Trompe l’œil bombers sport unusable sleeves that walk the line between cape and jacket, while oversized sweaters, blazers, vests and punkish bondage trousers are realized in monochrome and finished with a plethora of adjustable closures and details that both adju