In Issey Miyake SS25 collection, Maiko Takeda’s dried flower jewelry was a source of wonder.<\/p>\n
By Sandrine Merle.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
For his latest Issey Miyake SS25 collection, artistic director Satoshi Kondo showed models wearing their hair up or hidden behind jewellery made from real dried flowers. A bouquet of hydrangeas and ferns was positioned over the eyes. A freesia mask with climbing stems covered the face. Working with light and shadow, the visible and the invisible… Masks, glasses and jewellery all in one, the girls and boys looked like elves from a children’s story.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The art of wasi<\/strong><\/p>\n The jewelry was inspired by the collection’s theme, \u2018The Beauty of Paper\u2019, the art of Japanese washi paper. A traditional textured paper, extremely strong, made from long pieces of bark (including mulberry bark), widely used in Japan for decoration, clothing and books. The latter was the starting point for designer Maiko Takena: she picked the plants herself in the wild, then dried them between the pages before assembling them. A very popular pastime in Japan…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n