We are happy to announce another designer that will be featured in the Eco-Fashion Disaster Fashion Show, Kotomi Yoshida with studio yoshida.
Kotomi Yoshida was born and grew up in Japan. She graduated college with a studio art degree and came to Denver in 2001. Although she has a degree in academic drawing, she found her niche in fashion design. She describes studio yoshida as “bringing a little Tokyo into Denver.” Kotomi is influenced not only by lifestyle, but also personality. Kotomi labels herself as a re-designer first and foremost.
We were fortunate to have a short interview with Kotomi and talk about her topic for the show which is ‘Disappearing Geography, Urban Flooding, Change in Humans.’
Q: Why did you pick the topic that you picked?
A: They are all inter-woven to each other. I could not separate those three. Since I was little, we (Japanese) always have had this fear of “is Japan going to sink?” The whole island(s) will sink under water due to the climate change or a big disaster. That is what we always said. So that leads to “disappearing geography” and “urban flooding.” It reminds me of the tsunami disaster we had 4 years ago. I cried so much when that happened… then that leads to “change in humans.” If the environment changes, humans would have to adjust.
Q: Can you give us a little sneak peak into your design process for your eco-disaster selection?
A: Throughout the research, these are some of the keywords/key-phrases that spoke to me: -Disappearing geography — vanishing language/culture -Biosphere 2 — a big failure -Nature no longer controls our evolution -Artificial selection is stronger than natural selection
Q: Where can we find / purchase your designs?
A: Please like studioyoshida on Facebook! You can also go to our Etsy site: www.studioyoshida.etsy.com
Go to the studioyoshida Facebook page at www.facebook.com/studioyoshida and the blog page at studioyoshida.blogspot.com to learn more!