YUIMA NAKAZATO at Art Gallery of the Barbican, London Dirty Looks
Desire and Decay in Fashion
Thu 25 Sep 2025 – Sun 25 Jan 2026
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YUIMA NAKAZATO is currently being exhibited at the Art Gallery of the Barbican Centre, London, alongside the works of Hussein Chalayan, Martin Margiela, Rick Owens, and Alexander McQueen.
In a dedicated section are 6 looks from our couture collections: INHERIT (S/S 2023) and FADE (S/S 2025) with clips from the documentary film “Dust to Dust”, which was the inspiration source of the INHERIT collection. It was here that Nakazato explored Kenya to find the final destination of discarded clothing. The production of this collection began when 150kg of used clothing was brought back to Japan from Africa. The type of clothing was generally very difficult to recycle for various reasons, but with Epson’s “Dry Fiber Technology (DFT)” we were able to defibrate these clothing, turn them into non-woven fabric sheets, and further recycle them into new garments.
We continue to use DFT in our collections, which can also be found in the FADE pieces. FADE was born from Yuima’s trip to the Sahara Desert, where through the mishaps he experienced during his travels, it crossed Nakazato’s mind that the desert might be foreshadowing the future of Tokyo. Seeing how today’s climate change fades and sometimes completely transforms our everyday environment, perhaps it would not be entirely fair to say that this is merely a flight of fancy.
INHERIT（2023年春夏）のコレクションのインスピレーション源となった中里唯馬のドキュメンタリー映画「Dust to Dust」のクリップも上映しています。この映画の中で、中里はケニアを訪れ、世界中で行き場を失った大量の衣服たちがケニアに流れ着き、処理しきれず放置されている現場を見ました。このコレクションの制作は、150kgの古着をアフリカから日本に持ち帰られたことから始まりました。これらの衣料はさまざまな理由で、通常はリサイクルが非常に困難なものでした。エプソンの「ドライファイバーテクノロジー（DFT）」を用いることで、古い衣料品を繊維化し不織布シートを作り、新たな衣料品として再生することが可能になりました。
