Yoshiki Hishinuma (JP) Textile, fashion and costume designer Yoshiki Hishinuma launched his label in 1984 and was awarded the New Designer’s Prize at Tokyo’s Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix. He trained in textiles and fashion at the Miyake Design Studio, giving insight into the world of experimental textiles technology for fashion. His work pushes the boundaries of fabric and fashion through the exploration of synthetics and their thermoplastic properties, creating transparency and opacity and flat next to high relief surfaces. He is also researching and developing innovative threedimensional knitted garments. Hishinuma has designed costumes for dance including the Nederlands Dans Theater’s Arcimboldo. Left: Three Dimensional Knitted Jacket, Autumn/Winter 2005. Instead of taking flat cloth then cutting and stitching it to make a three dimensional form, Hishinuma has developed a range of 3D machine knitted garments. Hi is striving to make as much of the garment in one process as possible, reducing and in many instance eliminating the need for stitching. This process has implications for the way clothes are designed and their shapes.
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