The second collaboration between the inkjet textile printer “FOREARTH” and the fashion brand “ANREALAGE” was presented at Paris Fashion Week® Spring/Summer 2025.
A collaborative work designed and produced by Kunihiko Morinaga, the founder and designer of the japanese fashion brand “ANREALAGE,” using fabrics printed on our inkjet textile printer “FOREARTH”, was presented at the women's collection of Paris Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 2025. This is the second collaboration following the previous Paris Fashion Week® for Fall/Winter 2024-2025.
Our collaborative work was unveiled on Tuesday, September 24 at 17:00 local Paris time. In this collaboration which was based on the concept of “WIND,” FOREARTH printed on very light weight fabrics such as high-density polyester taffeta, which expects to keep soft hand feel and light weight with sustainability. FOREARTH contributes not only flexible printing but also dramatically reduces environmental impact.
ANREALAGE is a fashion brand that has participated in Paris Fashion Week more than 20 times in 10 years. This collaboration is implemented by Mr. Morinaga, who shares affinity with the concepts of our environmentally friendly inkjet textile printer “FOREARTH,” which uses 99.98% less water.
Comment from Mr. Kunihiko Morinaga
The concept of this collection is "WIND". We visualized the invisible force of the wind. The clothes are transformed from ordinary form into an extraordinary form by wind inside. When the wind stops, the form of the clothes changes again to draped daily wear due to gravity. I also thought that the wind could be visualized through graphic design, which is essential for fashion. Normally, graphic prints are arranged regularly without the concept of gravity, but I thought that if the wind were to blow there, the graphic pattern itself would be released from the gravity on the earth and would float freely in the sky. I created graphic designs that allow petals to dance in floral patterns, and even polka dots, checkered patterns, houndstooth patterns, and tartan checks to dance freely in spaces. The wind, which is the theme of the collection, is expressed in the form of the clothes and the visuals by sending the wind into the textile space surrounded by the graphic.
The reason we adopted "FOREARTH’s" printing technology is because wind and water are closely related. Originally, when the wind blows, waves are generated on the surface of the sea, and those waves become ocean currents, which evaporate to form clouds. By creating clouds, rain falls on the ground and creates a water cycle on the earth. We believe that wind and water are inseparable for the environment. I felt affinity with the characteristics of "FOREARTH," which uses as little water as possible, and adopted it as a printing technology.
What was also noteworthy about the clothes this time was the part where the textile expands lightly as if it were flying in the air when wind is fed into the clothes. For this reason, we used thin and light textiles that weigh only 23 grams per square meter, but we needed a technology that would not affect the weight and lightness of the textiles by placing prints on them. Ordinary pigment inkjet prints tend to be heavy and hard, but with "FOREARTH" we have been able to reproduce the light, flexible, and supple texture without losing its originality.
List of collections presented at the show
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