Drawing by Carmel Jenkin

Unknown, mixed media on paper, 81cm x 57cm

When an accident becomes a collage. This could be the start of something new.

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Matthew Robinson

Fusion Tables,  american walnut and maple wood

Undercover autumn / winter 1998-99

Takahashi’s version of deconstruction goes deep, deeper than your average frayed hem or seam cleverly turned inside out. “It’s anarchy meets peace,” he says, “a mix of chaos, strength, beauty and humor.” In his Paris collection Takahashi sent models out in painstakingly ripped jeans resembling torn flesh and unfinished dresses trailing clumps of red thread akin to droplets of blood. Sleeves were sliced off and appliquéd horizontally onto the front of jackets, suggesting amputation, while long patchwork coats created by hand out of hundreds of small leather pieces look as if a surgeon had grafted them together.