Fashion design giant Miuccia Prada recently designed two cyber-punk costumes for the warrior-heroine of a Japanese animated movie set in a warlike future.
Miuccia Prada recently designed two special cyber-punk costumes for one lucky Japanese anime character, Deunan Knute, the heroine of Shinji Aramaki’s animated Appleseed: Ex Machina. Based on Masamune Shirow’s comic series, it depicts a future where humans are warring with their clones, the bioroids. "Watching the previous Appleseed,'I thought that the expression of contrast in man and machine, violence and love was wonderful," the designer recently said at a press conference about the prequel, Appleseed, known for its innovative use of 3D Live Animation –a cutting edge blend of conventional cell- and computer-animation. "I designed something contemporary that matches the movie's feelings."
Interestingly, as WWD pointed out, the movie appeared connected to her Fall 2006 Metropolitan Armor collection in which discarded the prim look she helped usher in a few seasons prior. Replacing her perfectly groomed 50s lady was an intellectual-looking student type, off to a graduate seminar in politics clad in short sweater dresses made from somber gray chunky knits. “There was no mistaking the new attitude that was unleashed at Prada for fall,” Style.com wrote about the collection. “It charged out of the gate, looking young, angry, sexy, and serious—and dressed to tackle real life. 'I'm tired of being so sweet,' declared Miuccia Prada. 'We women should go back to strength—and the sober side. Stop trying to appeal to everyone, and go out into the world.'"
After Toei Co. releases the Appleseed: Ex Machina in Japan on October 20, Warner Home Video will be distributing the movie in 90 countries.
- via WWD
