Who is kei kagami

We explore through this choreographic score the movement of sewing DD: You are a trained architect so why did you decide to go into fashion? Kei Kagami: In Japan I studied architecture at university and tailoring at an evening course in college. When I was studying, I used to consider both as the same thing in the sense of creating space and structure - and in the sense of realising two dimensions into three dimensions. I finished my studies in and decided to go for fashion, which lead me to London to work under Galliano.

I did not see a big difference between fashion and architecture; the important thing was that I just wanted to create something, which could express exactly what I wanted. And I thought it would be more possible to do it within fashion as I could do every single process by myself - designing, choosing fabrics, drawing patterns and stitching. DD: Your designs are very complex, how did you start off designing each shoe?

Kei Kagami: In order to decide what I would like to express in the collection, I always analyse myself first. I look at what I am interested in, what attracts me, what I see beauty in, what I am angry about at the moment and so on. The most impressive subject among the elements I analysed often becomes the main theme of the collection.

Then I go into the material and technical research. In a vintage year, fellow classmate Alexander McQueen had to settle for the next best spot. The rest is history. S" Holland ' With his education now completed, Kei began work as a freelancer, building up a select following. In , YKK commissioned him to make a collection of zip-inspired pieces. The results of this collaboration were outstanding; no one had seen anything quite like it before.

His acclaimed showpieces and experimental shoe designs were starting to attract serious attention on the continent. A decade on, the collaboration is still going strong, and in Kei became a consultant for YKK Europe. Both parties now work to offer support and advice to the next generation of young fashion designers. At the same time, Kei continues to present his own label in Paris twice a year, and he also keeps creating conceptual pieces for the opportunities.

Kei's activity seems to be expanding, and in he designed the first YKK showroom in London. Since then, he has presented young creators' works in the showroom windows as the curator. In , he started working on a collaboration project "Vnapersona" with Maurizio Altieri. It sometimes takes away the identity of a person.

It tells us what we should wear, and it can make people to wear the same thing. It is very inconsistent in the fashion way. That is not cool, and it is not fashion to me. I believe fashion should be more from within the individual to create their own identity. Kei Kagami originally studied architecture at Meiji University and also studied tailoring at Bunka fashion college in his native Tokyo. In summer he ended up on the doorstep of John Galliano. John realised his potential, set him to work and became his mentor.

After having worked for three seasons at Galliano, the studio had to be closed and Kei decided to enrol at Central Saint Martins, where he completed an MA in Fashion Design in He was rewarded with the final position in the graduation catwalk show. In a vintage year, fellow classmate Alexander McQueen had to settle for the next best spot.