AS WELL AS MAKING BEAUTIFUL, ETHEREAL PIECES OF CLOTHING, SUCH AS THIS:
JUN TAKAHASHI, DESIGNER FOR JAPANESE LABEL, UNDERCOVER, HAS ANOTHER PASSION, DOLL MAKING.
WHILE IN FLORENCE FOR HIS MENSWEAR AW09/10 SHOW AT THE PITTI LAST MONTH, TAKAHASHI'S TEAM GAVE A LIVE DOLL MAKING PERFORMANCE:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8vClelGUfM\
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE OF THE PERFORMANCES CONDUCTED IN HIROSHIMA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZpjujGmVdE
TAKAHASHI HAS CREATED THESE DOLLS, KNOWN AS GRACES, WITH STORIES AND PERSONALTIES. ALONG WITH PHOTOGRAPHER KATSUHIDE MORIMOTO, TAKAHASHI PHOTOGRAPHED THE GRACES IN THEIR ROLE AS ALIENS AMONG HUMANS.
THESE BIZARRE, FLUFFY CYCLOPS ARE CHARACTERISED AS SOMEWHAT HOSTILE CREATURES, WHO TEND TO AVOID CONTACT WITH HUMANS, BUT ARE BELIEVED TO BE HARMLESS. MANY COMPARISONS SEEM TO BE DRAWN BETWEEN TAKAHASHI'S GRACES AND THE CREATURES DEPCITED IN 'CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND'.
