Asia Girls Explosion with YOSHIKI and JayF.R.
Binding music and fashion in a seamless display, YOSHIKI and JayF.R. whipped up "The Anger And The Sorrow Of Asia Trapped Inside The Small Aquarium" into an event to span the decades, empowering women and restructuring conventional design with the help of VIOLET UK and X JAPAN.
YOSHIKIMONO
Violet UK continued playing as actress Kaori Momoi (from Memoirs of a Geisha) made her entrance clad in a gorgeous red and white kimono designed by none other than YOSHIKI himself. Despite maintaining the traditional kimono cut, the YOSHIKIMONO collection featured interesting rock’n’roll influences such as the white skulls in the silk blue obi as the actress playfully skipped down the runway.
The hair accessories were another highlight: traditional and visual-shock came together in a powerful, yet playful combination. The huge, wild hair was reminiscent of X’s characteristic look in the late eighties; spider-web stockings, platform leather boots, spike-collars connected to leather bracelets among other punk and rock accessories which added a street touch to the beautiful, flowery patterns of the kimonos. Of course, the carefully color coordinated lingerie under the silken folds added a club element to the design. Side-by-side with the well-known long kimonos were miniskirt style adaptations, sparkling bras showing, and piled hair atop painted faces that rebelled against mortality. There was even a bridal style: white tulle waves cascaded from silky pink obi that tied together a magnificent short black kimono.
Laura Cooper started photographing rock and jazz bands at university. While completing a degree in English Literature, she was literary co-editor of the York University arts magazine and held poetry soirees with comedy jazz bands. Laura wrote for the now defunct UK Goth magazine Meltdown, as well as edited for an occult/spiritual website while she lived in York and London. She disappeared into the mountainous depths of Japan in 2006 and is now based in Tokyo, capturing rock bands in action.
Diana Tome saw her life change when she came across X-Japan's Blue Blood. A big supporter of old school visual rock, she believes visual kei is a lifestyle and philosophy that goes beyond the clothing and the music. With a background in headhunting and psychotherapy, Diana completed her M.A. in Psychology from I.S.P.A. in Lisbon, Portugal. She now lives and works in Japan committed to keeping the VK/V-rock flame alive.
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