アンリアレイジ
ANREALAGE
White coats that glisten faint green and pink in the sunlight. Dresses in adjustable sizes. Anrealage designer Kunihiko Morinaga continues to release novel fashion designs that astonish people around the world.
Anrealage brand name comes from a neologism that combines “a real”, “unreal”, and “age”. It refers to Mr. Morinaga’s challenging attitude as he reexamines everyday living through dress production and recreates fashion based on his questions and discoveries.
What’s called a Ball Shirt features a fabric pattern that looks like a globe before it’s worn. However, when this shirt is put on, an attractive relaxed styling emerges. Characteristic design is based on “about face” reversal — totally opposite from normal conception. For example, while regular dress design starts from body shapes, Mr. Morinaga’s dress design originates from geometric forms like a globe. This may sound complex but the result is quite simple.
Mr. Morinaga relies on the concept “God is in the details.” For example, to make dresses in different colors, he incorporates alternative shades using cutting-edge photochromic dyestuff technology, and blends photochromic dye particles into threads and fabric with detailed Japanese craftsmanship. All his dresses are made in Japan, and his meticulous efforts to expand manufacturing expertise support Anrealage fashion.
He entered the world of fashion during his college years. In fact, however, Mr. Morinaga wasn’t studying fashion academically at that time. He comments on his past: “I became successful in making new dresses because I’m self-taught. I learned fashion without being limited by stereotyped concepts.” He maintains a challenging attitude toward existing Western fashion, which serves as a source of his philosophy. At the same time, he continues in his role of trailblazer on the new horizon of fashion.
ANREALAGE
http://www.anrealage.com/
Location: Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple