SOMA Magazine SOMA Obsession Issue | Page 14

Future Stars Of Fashion Somarta Fashion’s Future TEXT BY JENNIFER MOULAISON PHOTOGRAPHY BY SINYA KEITA Fashion has always had a way of marking time. The archaic and medieval Victorian corset or the repression of the mid-century housewife’s dresses and pearls serve as mile markers for the progress of humanity. We scoff at standards of fashion from our past and proceed to congratulate ourselves on how far we’ve come. But for Tamae Hirokawa, it isn’t far enough. This Japan-based designer has re-imagined the concept of dressing one’s self and reshaped it into the pinnacle of mod