Akira (Q2560)
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Akira is a fashion house from FMD.
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Akira |
Akira is a fashion house from FMD. |
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Akira Isogawa is celebrating 30 years in business, which might explain the festival-like vibe of his Resort collection. Bright pastels and ’80s-inspired graphics made up the bulk of the Akira show, a stark departure from his typically subdued collections. Where it worked best was in the opening looks where models wore thick striped shorts with undone shirting, a sort of masculine-feminine take on Aussie surfer style. Those layered tulle pieces that completely hide a woman’s shape will be harder to sell.As for the men, they will be well taken care of in Isogawa’s short suits. One mixed a neon floral design with a pale blue plaid, while another mashed up contrasting Hawaiian floral prints. That kind of delightfully unexpected styling is what Akira excels in; his women could have used a bit more of it on the runway this time around.
21 May 2018
Akira Isogawa is surely the most underrated man in Australian fashion, having shown hisnamesake labelin Sydney for over 20 years to little fanfare. He also might be the coolest. On the runway, he showed knee-high tube socks with Nike’s much-coveted VaporMax sneakers. Hypebeasts would freak over Isogawa’s styles, if only they knew to look at his collections.As always, Japanese tailoring and layering are Isogawa’s main starting points. Wrap jackets, long and loose shorts, and away-from-the-body shapes populated much of the collection, with the lively addition of vibrant graphic prints for men and paillette rosettes in tomato red and pure white tacked to the bibs of women’s shirts and shoulders. This spirited collection is far more dramatic than the streamlined simplicity Isogawa has favored in the recent past—and something shoppers will likely flock to in droves.
22 May 2017
There’s plenty of talk about ease at Fashion Week Australia, but in many cases it translates into belabored garments that appear as anything but simple on the runway. Perhaps the rest of Sydney should turn its attentions to the light, unfussy tailoring of Akira Isogawa. The Japanese-born designer can turn a complicated tiered ruffle dot dress into a cloud of cotton, and a simple pair of white boxer shorts into a polished summer staple.It’s perhaps because he has such a strong sense of fit that Isogawa didn’t feel too strongly tied to an obvious narrative in his Resort collection. What began with woodcut-print dots and ended with a cherry red tunic over trousers wandered into menswear, Japanese tailoring, vivid florals, gathered-front dresses, and sheer micro-pleats—all well executed with a streamlined sleekness. What’s the connection between it all? Read as deep as you want, but in the end, these are refined clothes that will make the woman or man wearing them feel strong. There’s nothing better than that.
17 May 2016