balloon dresses by rie hosokai and takashi kawada

dress created for ‘piece of peace’ by daisy balloonimage © satoshi minakawa

japanese artist rie hosokai of daisy balloon builds elaborate dresses from the inflated material to create striking haute couture with an unlikely fabric. the latest fashion piece was constructed as part of ‘piece for peace‘ – a charity art exhibition at parco gallery in tokyo until the 9th of january, 2013 – in conjunction with a lego dress hosokai made of a similar style. the work was produced through a custom type ‘knitting’ of white balloons to gradually build a fragile, but wearable frock, immaculately captured through the art direction of hosokai’s partner takashi kawada.

art work and art direction by daisy balloon image © hiroshi manaka

image © hiroshi manaka

image © hiroshi manaka

art work and art direction by daisy balloon image © hiroshi manaka

image © hiroshi manaka

art work and art direction by daisy balloonimage © hiroshi manaka

image © hiroshi manaka

art work and art direction by daisy balloonimages © hiroshi manaka