Research - Fashion
After researching a lot about David Bowie himself, i've moved onto looking at the fashion which surrounded Bowie at the time, to what he influenced and what influecned him. I have begun to look at Kansai Yamamoto and his designs. As he was the costume designer for Bowie during the 1970s. I found a video on youtube of Yamamoto's first catwalk show in London (he was the first Japanese fashion designer to show in London) which shows his influences.
This video shows Yamamotos first opening outfit to his show. As you can see he is heavily influenced by the traditional Japanese dragons. This is something that he channels through Bowies costumes. Another traditional aspect that he focuses on is colour, this is something thats evident throughout all of his catwalk work, not just his early ones. Yamamoto loves bright and vibrant colours.
The show its self is almost like a performance, the models dancing and prancing around on the stage. Their costumes open up to reveal bright dragons, almost appearing from nowhere. Perhaps this is something Bowie liked or inspired, being a huge fan of mime and performance art, rather than just letting the clothes speak for themselves.
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