FUJIFILM Inkjet Technology harnessed to create dresses for fashion designer YUIMA NAKAZATOs Paris Haute Couture Collection
24.10.2016
Fujifilm has extended its full cooperation for the production of dresses by YUIMA NAKAZATO, the first official Japanese guest designer to take part in the Paris Haute Couture Collection since Hanae Mori 12 years ago. FUJIFILM Inkjet Technology made a major contribution to the production of the outfits that shine with a bright yet mysterious aurora-like light. The dresses were heavily featured in international fashion magazines, winning a favorable reception.
In 2009, Yuima Nakazato launched the brand YUIMA NAKAZATO, and has since then continued to show creations that make skillful use of hologram light effects. This most recent creation looks as if small countless colored folded paper cranes have flocked together, responding to the surrounding light by emitting their own shimmering colors. These creations are built from uniquely-shaped cells (units) and use special holographic material completed through six years of research together with a hologram manufacturer. Images are printed on the material using Fujifilm's Acuity Select 20 wide-format UV inkjet printer, together with the company's high-elongation Uvijet KV ink.
To create a single unit, an A5-sized piece of printed material is finely
cut using a cutting plotter. Each individual unit is carefully folded into shape, just like origami. More than 1000 of these units, folded by approximately 100 staff, are combined and assembled to match the models figure. In this way, without using a loom, fabric, or any stitching, a single YUIMA NAKAZATO dress is created.
Leading Fujifilms supply of technical support to Yuima Nakazato was the Open Innovation Hub (OI-Hub), which was launched in 2014 as a place for collaborative value creation from Fujifilm Groups resources including technologies, products and materials. The OI-Hub received a request from Yuima Nakazato to provide support for his submissions to the Paris Collection, and Fujifilm promised to cooperate, introducing him to FUJIFILM Inkjet technology as well as technology for specific highly functional materials.
Previously, it was only possible to create four different types of colors using holographic fabric but through various experiments Fujifilm was able to develop a method of printing graphics on a composite transparent backing material using Uvijet KV ink, greatly expanding the possible expressive range of the holograms.
- Structure of the tailor-made sheets used for the dress units
Says Mr. Nakazato on the technical cooperation with FUJIFILM:
Previously, I have focused on holograms and repeated various kinds of research, but I was able to achieve my goals by focusing not on the textiles but on the film. Im very grateful to Fujifilm for this collaboration. I had always wanted to expand the expressive range of holograms, but as the surfaces of films are extremely smooth, there was always an issue of getting the ink to adhere even if you could print on the film. Whats more, as were using this material for fashion, there is a lot of friction and it needs to be extremely robust. Through the technology that Fujifilm have contributed to this project, they have shown that their ink fixes extremely well and that if, after printing, you cut the material with a plotter or form it into units by hand, there are no problems such as ink detachment and robustness is extremely high. In addition to dresses, I also created some boots that use a holographic print created from photographs of the ice in Iceland, and here too the reproduction of the colors is extremely high-quality and the print looks just how I want it to. I dont think there is any other company with the technology to achieve this combination of quality and strength. There were some more technologies and special films Fujifilm introduced to me that I did not use due to time constraints, and so I am extremely interested in continuing this collaboration .
- Uvijet KV Ink
Uvijet KV Ink is an ink developed exclusively by Fujifilm for its wide-format UV inkjet printers with various specific properties including elongation in excess of 1000%, among the highest in the industry, as well as strong adhesion capability on various media including plastic sheeting and coated metal sheeting, and strong thermal resistance enabling the maintenance of image quality even in environments of around 200 C. It is available in CMYK and White, and these five colors make it possible to print a full range of colors and gradations on processed products such as vacuum-formed products where such printing was previously difficult. The ink also demonstrates excellent adhesion and a wide expressive range when used to print YUIMA NAKAZATO fabrics. Other applications include interior automobile components, smartphone cases, and vending machines, expanding the range of available colors in a wide range of different fields.
Yuima Nakazato PROFILE
Born in Tokyo in 1985. He moved to Europe by himself at the age of 17 and studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp.
In 2008 and 2009, he entered International Talent Support, Europes largest student contest, winning the YKK Prize two years in a row. In 2009, he launched the brand YUIMA NAKAZATO. In 2011, he was selected by the US publication V Magazine as a future talent. In July 2016 he won plaudits for his Paris Haute Couture collection.
He currently works to provide costumes for some of Japan and the worlds most dazzling artists including Madonna, the Black-Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga and Exile while also continuing to lend his unique creative talents to a wide range of fields through projects including work as the costume designer on the film Lupin the Third (the live-action version) and SUPERLOSERZ, a stage performance by Amon Miyamoto.
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FUJIFILM Inkjet Technology harnessed to create dresses for fashion designer YUIMA NAKAZATOs Paris Haute Couture Collection 
