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Seattle Art Museum presents Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion

Seattle Art Museum presents Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion on view through September 8, 2013, featuring more than 100 costumes by celebrated and original designers including Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo, and Yohji Yamamoto as well as younger designers influenced by popular culture and the dynamic street life of Tokyo.

Yves Saint Laurent, circa 2000. Star motif necklace. Mirrors, gold plated. Signed YSL. Photo: © Pablo Esteva
Yves Saint Laurent, circa 2000. Star motif necklace. Mirrors, gold plated. Signed YSL. Photo: © Pablo Esteva

This exhibition highlights the tremendous innovation of Japanese fashion designers from the early 1980s to the present who revolutionized the way we think of fashion today. The designs reflect a range of influences from Japanese aesthetics, reinterpretations of Western couture, punk aesthetics and Japanese street fashion.