All photos © Issey Miyake
Though many of inspirations to fashion designers come from other aesthetically- centered field, such as architecture. They generally do not come from industrial design, for obvious reason. While one invokes fantasies and possibilities, the latter is a reminder of reality and everyday life.
That was until the recent Issey Miyake’s Spring/Summer 2008 Collection showing at the Paris Fashion Week. The collection, titled Cyclone, was Dai Fujiwara’s goal to manipulate the wind into something tangible if only for a moment. The current creative director of Issey Miyake sought inspirations from an unlikely yet natural source - vacuum cleaner.
By dissecting a Dyson vacuum, Fujiwara was able visualize each component into clothing. The handle, hose, even the motor, manifested in the forms of sleeves, hats and dresses. To convey the theme further, Fujiwara asked James Dyson, the inventor of Dyson vacuum cleaner, to design the stage for the show.
For the stage, Dyson created a temporary wind tunnel of sort. 6 large tubes in the distinctive Dyson yellow were set on positions along the runway. Each tube had a large fan attached on one end, so it will dispense a constant air flow. The intent was to have a fashion show in a simulated cyclone.
雖然時尚設計師的設計靈感通常來自其他關於美學的領域，例如建築等，但是很少有設計師會特別從「工業設計」中磨合出設計時尚服裝的創意，但是只要有人觸發這樣的想像與可能性，也同時喚起時尚與現實生活更緊密的結合。
三宅一生在最近的2008春夏新作發表會上，就嘗試了這樣的突破。這一系列名為「旋風 (Cyclone)」的最新設計，是三宅一生創意總監藤原大(Dai Fujuwara)最新發表的設計系列，讓穿在身上的服裝乍現出「風」的感覺，然而這一系列捕捉風感的設計泉源，卻有趣地來自於非自然體材──真空吸塵器。
「Dyson吸塵器」，一個在歐美非常知名的品牌，並以優雅、實用，兼具未來感設計聞名，藤原大將之各元素解剖出來，應用到服裝設計上。打從吸塵器手把、軟管甚至馬達，接巧妙的轉換為有特殊幅度的袖子、帽子，或是營造出空氣感的服裝。為了更進一步傳達這個關於「風」的主題，藤原大還特別商請Dyson吸塵器的發明者James Dyson包辦整個秀場設計。
在舞台上，Dyson架設了一個黃色大出風口，就像一個隧道般讓模特兒輪番出場，另外在伸展台左右兩邊還有六個大型的出風管，同樣也是運用Dyson吸塵器設計裡常見的黃色，在這六個出風管的尾端內都有強力電扇，以維持不間斷的氣流，支撐風管擺動，適度展現風的力量，以完美呈現這次三宅一生fashion show的主題──旋風(Cyclone)。
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