Fashion Designers: Eri Utsugi
When I found this Japanese fashion designer, Eri Utsugi in the Japan Fashion Week website, I thought she’s adorable which is what lead me to check up on her. It appears that Metropolis have done an interview with her and their description of her as a boyish looking woman is not really what i had in mind for her. Anyway, I think her designs are pretty cool. She admits that she takes her inspiration from construction workers because she thinks what they wear’s cool. Now, construction workers don’t exactly have the best fashion sense but Eri plumps it up with her design and it actually looks pretty comfortable and good. Comfortable enough to wear.
But of course, like all designers, not every outfit is made for everyday wear and some are just flamboyant beyond the everyday life, which normal in every fashion show. Eri Utsugi’s design mixes fantasy and reality, which is evident in the type of fabric and cuts she uses.
Her intriguing use of fabrics, in which she uses chic textiles and fabrics in dark brown jackets and matted green thick one-piece outfits with orange hoods, for example, evoke characters from a fairy tale.
Eri now designs under mercibeaucoup, a Japanese brand with a french name, she used to design under another french named label Frapbois.
Take a look at some of her designs from the past and present:
Source: Metropolis
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