Anrealage Fall 2025 Ready-to-Wear: Screen Time
Observing how much of our lives are spent behind screens, Anrealage’s Kunihiko Morinaga decided to turn garments into twinkling billboards, imagining futuristic versions of sandwich boards and slogan T-shirts with his habitual playful take on futurism.
Rather than having his designs brandish advertising slogans, however, they came in a multitude of patterns portrayed by way of thousands of LEDs in RGB shades, shifting from check to stripe and back again, sometimes every second and in up to 60 variations. Thanks to a partnership with a tech firm, Mplusplus, by turn the designs took on kaleidoscope patterns, resembled a twinkling cosmos like a sci-fi version of sequins or echoed the arched stained-glass windows of the venue, the American Cathedral.
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While many of the silhouettes were boxy, cartoonish even, far from being rigid, the light-up designs were worked in soft fabrics, the effect of the lights changing at times and reflecting their draping, as on a selection of kimono-sleeve jackets and dresses. Ruffled tops were knitted from LED yarns developed in collaboration with heritage manufacturer Shikibo. Almost all of the fabrics, when not illuminated, were black.
The earlier low-fi looks were punctuated by hundreds of printed dots and had wide, square-shouldered jackets and tab-sided pants. It was as if the skins from Minecraft had come to life, bringing their pixelated reality into our world.
Ultimately, Morinaga said through an interpreter, he hopes clothes will become like real-life avatars, where people will be able to download programs to change the designs at will. Until then, his futuristic vision, set to an original soundtrack by Thomas Bangalter, certainly made for an impressive spectacle.
Launch Gallery: Anrealage Fall 2025 Ready-to-Wear Collection
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