Anrealage 2027: Dresses with 2,000 E-Ink Panels
Kunihiko Morinaga's Skin collection at Paris Fashion Week showcases color-changing garments that mimic biological skin.
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- Kunihiko Morinaga debuted the Skin collection at Paris Fashion Week 2027
- Six cocktail and evening dresses feature 1,000 to 2,000 individual E-Ink panels
- Combines Kyocera FOREARTH textile printing and 3D-printed scales
- Presents clothing as a third skin capable of dynamic visual identity shifts
During Paris Fashion Week at the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, designer Kunihiko Morinaga and his brand Anrealage unveiled their Spring/Summer 2027 collection titled Skin. The collection literalizes wardrobe updates by imagining clothing as an outer layer capable of shedding, mutating, and regenerating, drawing parallels between biological skin and digital avatar outfits.
The transformation begins with pixelated second-skin bodysuits before evolving into overlapping 3D-printed scales. Utilizing Toray Ultrasuede and translucent Japanese washi paper, the layered surfaces reference chromatophores, the pigment-changing cells found in living organisms that allow clothes to actively behave rather than remain static.
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This behavior is further amplified by SEKISAI's Effective Skin technology, where 3D-printed scales shift appearance based on the viewing angle as models move. Ridged skirts turn the scales outward, generating optical effects reminiscent of Op Art through entirely physical mechanisms without conventional displays.
The collection's centerpiece includes six cocktail and evening dresses covered with between 1,000 and 2,000 individually controlled electronic-paper scales powered by e-ink technology. Unlike LEDs, the e-ink paper changes its own color, allowing patterns to travel across the body before fading back to gray and rearranging into new configurations, mapped out with the help of AI circuitry.
Integrating e-ink technology directly into garments marks a profound shift where fashion transcends traditional textiles. By turning the physical fabric itself into a programmable hardware interface, Anrealage successfully blurs the line between wearable technology and textile art.
The collection also incorporates Kyocera's FOREARTH textile-printing system, which reduces water consumption to 0.02 liters per kilogram of fabric, and closes with a fiery LED digital camouflage inspired by Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix. Ultimately, Anrealage demonstrates that the future of fashion is the garment itself becoming the device.
Source: designboom
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