Kei Kagami

KEi Kagami is conceptual designs are fascinating and inspiring. His fashion designs are more likely to be described as installations than purely fashion.

Kei Kagami: I usually spend more time deciding the theme, concept and story. That’s the most important moment because they set the mood for the entire collection and, if they are very strong, the collection is strong too. Once I decide about the themes I start sketching, then go back to the theme, concept and story. I repeat this process several times. Of course during this process I also do other things like researching materials and experimenting on a dummy. After this stage the creative phase becomes more real and I start making outfits, from the strongest or the most expressive one that usually decides the direction of the entire collection, gradually moving onto the other ones, toning down my creativity and looking for more commercial pieces.

I agree with him that the concept being delivered through the work is the most important as i believe it is the core of the piece.

Kei Kagami: That’s a tough question to answer, but a good question nonetheless. I’m sorry to say this, but I think that people nowadays seem to be lazier. Even fashionable people do not make much of an effort to be genuinely fashionable or to be different from others. I am not sure if it is still possible to express emotions in fashion designs with them. In fact I think there would be no point in trying to make it work because probably those people wouldn’t really bother or care about fashion. Yet I personally believe it is still possible to do so and also think that there are people who truly understand genuine fashion creation. These are the people I have in mind when I create and I would be really happy if more people would understand that following a trend doesn’t mean being fashionable or stylish. If they don’t realise this, fashion will die and the same will happen to culture.

HIs work inspires me that fashion isnt just fabric or materials that automatically came into our mind when think of fashion. Genuine fashion creation is about thinking out of the box and being free to be inspired by everything. Because I also tend to be a more conceptual thinker his work serves as a guide for me to also explore the possibilities and pushing the boundaries of wearbles.

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