2023 LVMH Prize for Young Designers<\/a>\u00a0winner has been planning a trip to what he described as \u201chis long-time dream fishing destination\u201d for more than 15 years. But only a recent holiday enabled him to finally cross this off his bucket list.<\/p>\n\n\tEven more than a fishing activity that exceeded his expectations, Kuwata found in the wild landscape of the land plenty of inspiration. The raw nature of its rocky territory, the extreme conditions, local culture and resourcefulness of its people unlocked new takes on Kuwata\u2019s transformative fashions, which sit at the intersection of tailoring, utility and playful functionality.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe most apparent novelty was a rethinking of the sartorial architecture, which saw the designer bringing forward the armhole construction. The effect was more flattering when rendered in the fluid textures of the women\u2019s looks or in technical nylon outerwear than on the actual blazer jackets, where the result was twisted into a shrunken fit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tBackstage, Kuwata explained that the construction tweak stemmed from his exploration of traditional garments of the Inuit population, including those made from seal skin, where the final silhouette was dictated by the animal\u2019s natural form and need to maximize the use of material.<\/p>\n
\n\tHe channeled the same spirit of optimization and inventiveness in restriction into his more functional pieces, including slouchy coats, zippered puffers and skirts that could be folded to become a bag, as seen in the midnight blue opener and the pinstripe looks. They matched the transformative DNA of the brand, which was reinforced by vests, duffle coats and denim jackets morphing their proportions and opening up to different styling solutions via zippers and snap buttons.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tKuwata offered a live demo of such resourcefulness at the show, applying the finishing touches to each look as they paraded down the narrow white venue, which he revealed to be his brand\u2019s new headquarters in Milan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greenland might be in the headlines a lot lately, but it has been on Satoshi Kuwata\u2019s radar for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46,6662,130085],"class_list":["post-243702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-milan","tag-milan-mens-fashion-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}