Matohu S/S 09 Tokyo

[kiddokiddo]

This is exciting, Matohu is one of my favs in Tokyo Fashion Weeks

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[kiddokiddo]

jfw.jp

 

[Inaya]

Thanks for posting kiddo


I was just on my way to. I think it is so lovely... reminds me a bit of dries but it is still nice in it's own right

 

[MulletProof]

I enjoy the palette.. and it must be a wonder to touch these materials. not really feeling the pieces this time though.. the shapes are too.. I don't know, like nothing I would personally wear, except for the white ones maybe. the traditional element of their collections has taken a kitschy direction here, I think.. it's quite disappointing for me as I loved the serenity they had been presenting with their past shows.

thanks for posting, Kiddo!.

 

[gius]

some little info about this collection via WWD

Matohu's spring/summer collection included: Deconstructed kimono wrap dresses, delicate silk prints and several embroidered numbers. The husband and wife design team Hiroyuki Horihata and Makiko Sekiguchi, printed their fabrics and then shrunk them to simulate an ancient Japanese tie-dying technique that disappeared after the Edo period. “It’s very, very complicated to make it,” Horihata said.

 

[4n98]

gentle color palette,

 

[adorefaith]

i have to agree with mullet that this is disappointing...i loved the fall collection and last s/s too ...this one just doesn't appeal to me very much. i just took a look back through some of the highlights of the past collections for me and i think that the fabrics and patterns here are a big part of what's turning me off this time, as well as the colours. it has lost some strength and simplicity imo....too many stripes, florals, pastels etc. it ages it, especially in combination with the shapes...

plus that hair is completely awful... makes them look like grandmas and i have to say that this is what the collection reminds me of...the elderly... very drab....very little life...(not that the elderly have very little life. but this collection does to me...)

 

[Lite_Brite]

Smart mixing of prints, but overall this is too kitschy and dowdy. Change out the hair and put some bitchier shoes in the mix and it'd be totally different.

 

[strawberry daiquiri]

makes them look like grandmas and i have to say that this is what the collection reminds me of...the elderly... very drab....very little life...(not that the elderly have very little life. but this collection does to me...)

I completely agree with the elderly reference..

I wish I liked it more, but it just isn't working for me.

 

[gius]

some more info about the collection
here is an excerpt from the article written by Misha Janette for International Herald Tribune

Matohu, meanwhile, featured a 600-year-old dyeing technique called "Tsuji ga Hana" on bright flowing skirts, tiered blouses and chic kimono robes. Though the tradition is disappearing, a young apprentice in Kyoto has taken up the task of dying the wonderful designs by hand. "You have to stitch the lines of the pattern before you can dye it, then re-outline it again with black ink when it dries. It was called 'The illusionary technique' because of its difficulty" boasts designer Makiko Sekiguchi, known for reviving traditional designs

 

[gius]

So I guess it will have more appeal to people who are interested in Japanese culture and can maybe recognise the techniques
or fabric/history enthusiasts

 

[kiddokiddo]

Not as strong as their previous works, definitely. I like most of the kimono looks and some of the pieces on their owns but ditto on the elderly rederence