The weird format of N.Hoolywood’s lookbook photos is a form of name for motion. The thought is that you simply’ll tilt your telephone to get the expansive panorama expertise. A South African safari which, the designer stated, turned “a really therapeutic and fantastic journey” impressed each the gathering and an appreciation for vastness.
Now, a safari theme for spring may appear as groundbreaking as a floral one, nevertheless it does fall throughout the model’s remit of translating normal situation “uniforms” for city put on. The thought additionally was to distinction the modernity of Johannesburg with the unpredictability of the animal and pure world. Daisuke Obana’s affinity for practical put on got here by means of within the extra simple appears, jackets, shorts, camp shirts. The thought was to “emphasize class and presence by means of components equivalent to thickness and texture,” qualities which might be troublesome to discern in pictures. What actually catches the attention is the designer’s use of sample. Tonal animal prints, Obana indicated, have been conceived as a form of camouflage, an attention-grabbing spin on what appears like leopard spots. Spiral motif and geometric designs, spinoff of African wax print and mud-dyed Bogolan, have been printed on tech materials. Extra profitable was the designer’s “off-road” strategy, as in his use of variously angled stripes on a navy-and-blue high that provided a conceptual and surprising tackle zebra stripes.
Although Obana’s safari impressed this assortment, he was again in Japan when the garments have been produced, subsequently the situation of the shoot was the Kirigamineski resort in Nagano Prefecture. “Towards the tip of filming,” the designer associated, “a lot of deer—apparently a household—out of the blue appeared earlier than us. It actually felt like an actual safari. I used to be deeply moved, as if the fantastic encounters in Africa had led to this surprising connection.”
