A Collaborative piece made with my friend Andrew Semple. Andrew is a sewing genius. He makes everything with so much care and precision. When I saw this dress he had made I knew I wanted to wear it to a FOTF event. I made a few tweaks and embellishments to add my own touch to [...]
Leather n Lace Dress
Kentaro Imai2016-11-20T08:23:22+10:00A collaborative piece designed and made with my very talented friend Andrew Semple. This dress was thought up embodying the trends of horizontal panelling, mesh, laser cut leather, texture and white on white. Months of tweaking designs, fittings, hand sewing, fabric sourcing, leather painting, trial and error and embellishing went into this dress and it [...]
Calico Wedding Dress
Kentaro Imai2015-07-27T04:32:20+10:00Whilst I was studying fashion design at TAFE in 2013 an opportunity arose for students to enter in the Queensland Brides competition category 'Calico Brides'. Students were to use up to 10 meters of Calico to create a bridal gown in anyway of their choice. I created a gown constructed of a mesh base which [...]
The Atlantis Dress
Kentaro Imai2015-07-27T04:29:35+10:00This is a dress I had purchased from a store called Cue. When I saw it I knew it would make the perfect base for a races dress. Whilst shopping at spotlight I came across some green scale like sequins which inspired me to start beading that day. I beaded the front panel of the [...]