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TOGA SS27 at London Fashion Week, Acclimatisation Adaptation Liberation: Yasuko Furuta's heat wave collection, stripped-back Europe against layered Tokyo

TOGA showed its spring 2027 collection at London Fashion Week on 19 September, under the title Acclimatisation, Adaptation, Liberation. Yasuko Furuta trained in fashion design and pattern cutting at Esmod in Japan and in Paris. She took the label to the Paris schedule in 2005 and has shown in London since 2014. The mixing went further than the slides have room for. Tailoring sat against flower prints, checks against sheer cloth, and floral prints came under transparent layers and fringe. One look had a length of tartan thrown across the shoulders like a lapel taken apart.

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01TOGA, THE LABEL YASUKO FURUTA FOUNDED IN TOKYO IN 1997, SHOWED SPRING 2027 IN LONDON ON 19 SEPTEMBER. THE SUBJECT WAS DRESSING FOR HEAT.
02FURUTA WAS IN EUROPE FOR THE SUMMER HEAT WAVE. SHE WATCHED PEOPLE STRIP DOWN TO THE MINIMUM OF FABRIC, AND SAW STRENGTH IN IT.
03IN TOKYO THE SUMMERS ARE HUMID, AND PEOPLE STILL LAYER THEIR CLOTHES. HER GUESS AT WHY: "MAYBE IT'S ARMOUR."
04THE COLLECTION PUTS THE TWO HABITS TOGETHER. HER THREE WORDS FOR IT: ACCLIMATISATION, ADAPTATION, LIBERATION.
05SO NEON ORGANZA, A SHEER, CRISP FABRIC, FLOATED OUT FROM UNDER A JACKET.
06A MINT GREEN SHIRT WENT UNDER PALE YELLOW TROUSERS THAT WERE ALMOST SEE-THROUGH, WITH A FRAYED WHITE SKIRT AND WOVEN SHOES.
07A STRICT BLACK COAT HAD A CREAM, FLUFFY MATERIAL COMING OUT OF IT. A RUFFLED BLACK LOOK CAME WITH A MIRRORED VISOR.
08EVENING WEAR WAS CUT BACK TO A CAMISOLE AND TROUSERS WORN LOW. THE HEAT WAVE WARDROBE, FORMAL EDITION.
09HAIR WAS KEPT SLEEK: DEEP SIDE PARTINGS AND LOW PONYTAILS, BY THE HAIRSTYLIST CLAIRE GRECH.
10THE ANSWER FURUTA LANDED ON IS SPORTSWEAR: CLOTHES BUILT TO FUNCTION, SO THE WEARER CAN ADAPT AS THE CLIMATE KEEPS CHANGING.
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