I went to see the Future Beauty exhibition in Barbican (the same place where I had my graduation ceremony! This place brings back memories, just that I'm all by myself this time). This is the first exhibition in Europe to ever showcase avant-garde Japanese fashion which began in the 1980's when Yohji Yamamoto made his Paris debut. The Japanese introduced the "concealing rather than revealing the figure" concept and turned fashion into art. Unproportional and oversized had proved to have shocked the world at the time. My favorite in the exhibition must be the white bridal dress made from wading by Rei Kawakubo/Commes Des Garcons. Featured designers in the exhibition include Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, Jun Takahashi, Tao Kurihara, Junya Watanabe and Rei Kawakubo.
