Somarta

Junko Kimura - Spring/Summer 2009, Esteem PR Management - Skin + Bone Chair at Triennale Design Museum

Ever since Tamae Hirokawa launched the fashion label SOMARTA in 2006, she has used the latest in textile technology to create what macro lens capture, amazing details. Her skintight bodysuits allow the bold to go beyond expressing themselves through clothes that hang off their bodies, to wear something that takes the shape of it, making their bodies part of the message. While they’re provocative, Hirokawa’s lace doesn’t let what’s under it steal the show - its art that renders the skin its canvas. Differing from fashion designers who expanded their horizons sometime later to grow their brand, Hirokawa started working under SOMA DESIGN to apply her aesthetic to several crafts, from fashion to furniture design. It goes to show, in art, it’s less about knowing or doing something specific, more about sharing a story, and every discipline in the field, from theater to painting, is another language to tell it in.