Yoichi Nagasawa: Metamorphosis
By: Timothy Hagy
Photos: Javier Mateo
PARIS, Oct 12, 2002/ FW/ --- PARIS, Oct 12, 2002/ FW/ -- Yoichi Nagasawa's collection shown last Sunday looked promising at first.
Fine threads had been crocheted together, first to form a filmy spider web, a cocoon that
covered the nude female silhouette.
Then the cocoon began to metamorphosis, taking the form of silk collars, then lapels,
and then full suits with webs hanging from the tails.
There was a highly original soundtrack that accompanied the action.
It mimicked the sound of crickets, only highly amplified, and it was eventually overtaken
by the pluck of a sitar and wind chimes.
Everything began so well.
The poetic verse in the program read "The hot wind from the desert has made the flowers
bloom".
And then...
The fabric with the print of wild flowers suddenly became pleated like curtains,
and draped in such a bizarre fashion that it all became comical.
The vision of Scarlet O'Hara, as interpreted by Carol Burnett, and her memorable "portiere
gown", came rushing back to memory.
And then there was nothing.
The look was so ridiculously contrived that it would be hard to imagine any woman wearing it.
It was a good beginning, but a disappointing conclusion.
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