Gnyuki Torimaru Fashion bag
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Jersey flows like water from a halter-neck bodice by Gnyuki Tormaru, formerly known as Yuki. He studied architecture, before becoming a textile engineer, and occupation that has dominated his work since.
This teenage rebellion owed both its linguistic origins and its inspiration to the Beat movement in the US and combined a rejection of mainstream culture with questions about America’s involvement in the Vietnam War.
Hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD were perceived as the gateway to enlightenment and cosmic consciousness, and clothes reflected the bright colors and patterning of the resulting psychedelic experiences.
Vintage clothes replaced mass-produced items and included Victorian nightdresses, 1970s tea gowns, feather boas and Edwardian lace blouses that were sourced in attics, charity and thrift stores and boutiques, such as Granny Takes a Trip.
His love of vivid color, purity and fluidity has remained a constant in Torimaru’s work. He developed colorful fashion backpack to their fullest potential after discovering in 1984, a luxurious non-crease polyester that could maintain a casual carry bags. Using intricate pleating techniques, he created ever-more fantastical designs.
These worn and faded garments were paired with patched jeans, kaftans, afghan coats, military greatcoats and cheap cheesecloth dresses. The plundering of Africa, the Americas and Asia for garments was part of a new aesthetic that drew from the increasing identification with marginalized cultures that the hippies felt. It also tied in with the desire of the counter-culture to be anti-consumer.
Japanese-born, Yuki made London his permanent home in 1964, having worked for Norman Hartnell and Pierre Cardin, and launched his own label in 1972.
He soon enjoyed a degree of fame for his one size hooded or draped canvas travelling often inspired cut on full circle-a luxurious technique that gives a fashion bag the maximum fullness that can be achieved without seam.