Facetasm’s Hybrid Shapes

Japanese designer Hiromichi Ochiai unveiled a collection that played with superimposition and a particularly daring mixture of patterns, combining checks, animal motifs and polka dots. True to form, the designer brought together influences from classicism to baroque and from gothic style to pop culture. Tulle, nylon, velvet, denim, ribbons… Hiromichi Ochiai is full of ideas and expresses himself with fabric. The garments are deconstructed and the colours are many and varied, as demonstrated by this dress-shirt-kimono and this artistic silhouette.

Facetasm, the name of which refers to the many facets that can be discovered in one object, was created in 2007. Hiromichi Ochiai grew up and studied in Tokyo, at Bunka Fashion College, and graduated in 1999. Over the following eight years, he worked for fabric company Guildwork as an assistant for the brand NGAP, before going on to launch his own brand. He made his first appearance on the catwalk in Tokyo in 2011.

International recognition

This collection would see him reach the final of the Tokyo Fashion Award three years later. That same year, Georgio Armani invited him to show his collection at Milan Fashion Week. Two years later, in 2016, he presented his pieces in Paris for the first time, and was then shortlisted for the prestigious LVMH Prize. Since then, Facetasm has been breaking the rules and reinventing itself each season, for example by including technicwear shapes. Facetasm represents a mix of genres, oscillating between complexity and simplicity, eccentricity and minimalism.