Hello, this is Kubo. Today I would like to write about the relationship between clothing and wind. This is because I will be doing an installation in Tokyo on March 17th as part of Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo, which starts next week. The theme of the installation is "Wind and Fabric."

When fabric is exposed to the wind, it flutters and expands. As a creator, how much can you control that wind? I think you'll probably be making fine adjustments right up until the day of the event to make sure you can control the wind the way you want.

I created eight different types of actual dresses, which I will scan and convert into digital data and sell as NFT (non-fungible token) works. I explained what that means in my previous article , so please check that out too.

Now, this task. It was incredibly difficult, but it was a great experience. Just like with the dress size, I've never done anything like this before. Controlling the wind is a godsend, so it's almost impossible to do perfectly. I've been working constantly trying to find the best balance within that.

Unlike vinyl or Saran Wrap, cloth is woven, which means that tiny holes are created between the warp and weft threads, allowing air to pass through. The fabric used this time is a high-density, ultra-lightweight, water-repellent fabric. It is literally packed with holes. But air still escapes.

Vinyl has no weave, so when you blow air into it, it puffs up, but that's no good. If the air can't pass through it properly, it won't take on the ideal shape, and because we're a clothing store, we wanted to use woven fabric.

I accumulated various winds, let them flow, fluttered them, and spun them. I repeated this process over and over again. Perhaps the invisible wind can be seen through a dress that never shows the same expression for even a second. Through making the dress, I challenged myself to design my own version of wind.