DRESSEDUNDRESSED Autumn Winter 2022 – 2023 at Rakuten Fashion week Tokyo “LOVERS | DUMB TYPE”
DRESSEDUNDRESSED Autumn Winter 2022 – 2023, the collection is dedicated to Teiji Furuhashi (1960-1995), Dumb Type. The theme of the collection is “LOVERS“, the posthumous work of Teiji Furuhashi, and expresses the romanticism of the social order against the mystery of mutual love.
In the dark space, some embrace each other, others run past each other, and their bodies overlap without ever touching each other. In a looped walking sequence, the model’s body is gradually mirrored into the tailoring of the shirt collar and shirt cuffs using the trompe l’oeil technique. The complex chain of mirrored reflections evokes a sense of uncertainty and the absence of the body.
Teiji Furuhashi was a core member of the Kyoto-based artist collective Dumb Type, which was formed in 1984, and passed away in 1995 due to HIV infection. He never turned his eyes away from the difficult situation in which human beings find themselves, and his sincere wish for the disappearance of Hierarchy speaks to us once again today.
The music for this film was composed by Toru Yamanaka, a founding member of Dumb Type who was in charge of music and sound. Many people have contributed greatly to the realization of this work. In particular, we would like to express our sincere thanks to Toru Yamanaka and all the people involved at Dumb Type for their willingness to cooperate with us.
※This collection is a video presentation in collaboration with the artist collective Dumb Type
DRESSEDUNDRESSED Autumn Winter 2022-2023, all images courtesy of DRESSEDUNDRESSED
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