Only the second Japanese designer invited to Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week, Yuima Nakazato is known for his ethereal designs and dressing music stars like Lady Gaga. With his next collection he is driven to merge his artistic vision with green technology. Starting in the landfills of Kenya, he plans a radical reimagining of fashion.
Dust to Dust
Adelaide Fashion Week Premiere
Australian Premiere.
Guest in attendance.
Red Carpet.
Director
Runtime
87 Minutes
Country
Japan
Classification
Unclassified 15+
Can Haute Couture be reimagined out of the polluting flames of dumped fast fashion?
Only the second Japanese designer ever invited to Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week, Yuima Nakazato, known for his ethereal designs and for dressing music stars such as Lady Gaga and Fergie, becomes dedicated to merging his unique artistic vision with sustainable, green technology.
Beginning his 2023 Paris Collection in the landfills of Kenya, Nakazato sets about a radical reimagining of fashion materials.
Confronting the impact of western ‘recycling’ programs, the scale of which cannot be absorbed by local demand, we find ourselves instead in high rise sized piles of clothes being burned off. This pollution only compounding the environmental destruction of climate change.
Nakazato also visits local businesses countering this impact. Questions are asked on how traditional textile industries are faring when in every market and rubbish dump there are discarded clothes of the developed world? He also travels to rural Kenya where the stunning materials and designs of local textiles are still alive.
Back in the Studio, Nakazato and his team face a sometimes-overwhelming challenge as they race against time to innovate a sustainable material for designs worthy of the Paris catwalk.
Walk the red carpet at the Australian Premiere of Dust to Dust from 6pm. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with local designers working in sustainable fashion.
Presented in partnership with Adelaide Fashion Week.
Film Credits
Director
Kosai Sekine
Year
2024
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese & English
Subtitles
English
Type
Documentary & Feature
Program Strand
Change Award & World Documentaries
Producer
Yusuke Kamata
Cinematographer
Andrzej Rudz
Editor
Mariko Ide
Music
Jukan Tateisi
Film Source
Magnetfilm
Genre
Asia, Avant-garde & Environmental
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Friday 11 Oct 2024
06:30 pm
Dust to Dust
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