Origami Wings Shirt – Yojiro Kake

Description

Yojiro Kake is a Japanese fashion designer label currently based in Pistoia. Established by Yojiro Kake since 2013, the studio was located in Florence, after he graduated from Polimoda. For the passion of western menswear, Yojiro applies the tailoring techniques into all the collections, on the other hand he loves rich volume and detailed decoration seeking for visual impact. Mixing with fresh ideas the garments are full of surprises. Just like children’s dreams – romantic innocence and ephemeral anxiety, the mood of  Yojiro Kake illustrates a story to express those wordless contexts.

The collection is inspired of the costumes and art of the 14th century to the 15th century when the Medici family prospered in Florence where is our current base location. It is distinctive design which modernized the western cultural elements by origami pattern. The print pattern is designed with a Japanese style collage painting using Italian newspaper and colored paper as a motif of birds, butterflies and flowers, which can be found in the mosaic Pietra Dura which is the artistic carving of three-dimensional objects in semi-precious stone. They are made up of modern resort wear with the development of total look items such as shirts, one piece dress, jacket, cape, trousers, clutch bags.