Yusuke Takahashi imagined CFCL’s Paris runway debut as an invitation to his living room, where the audience was greeted with trollies of mini steamed buns stuffed with red bean paste, as well as water and coffee, before a collection of elevated knitwear ascended on the catwalk.
It would be more appropriate to call Takahashi a programmer with an eye for beauty. He said that everything in the fall 2023 collection, which included immaculately tailored jackets, big-shoulder tops, oversized cardigans, flared pants, and even those voluminous evening gowns, was knitted on a 3D machine, with minimized waste produced. All the design was done during programming.
With help of such technology, Takahashi was able to explore impossible shapes and combinations at a low cost. One can argue that the result was almost like Issey Miyake-meets-Alaïa in the metaverse.
The designer also wanted to challenge people’s perception of a material that’s often associated with domestic life.
“I was thinking about the relationship between home wear and occasional wear. During the pandemic, we had nowhere to go, but now with our knowledge of jersey and knit, I can create elegant pieces for different social functions,” Takahashi said.
The show also saw a continued appearance of the brand’s sneaker collaboration with Asics. Touted as the sneaker with the lowest carbon footprint, the new style was based on the Gel-Lyte III CM 1.95 model.
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