JAPANESE FASHION IN PARIS_

Fashion in paris (1980s) had become boring. It was the same each season, with no real excitable qualities, meaning consumers were not interested and were not buying. However the movement of Japanese designers meant new and exciting designs within couture, and made french designers think outside of the box. Kenzo takada, one of the first influential ready to wear designers recognised  by the french, introduced combinations of plad, florals, check, and combined ethnic cultures, colours, and vibrancy on the runway.It perhaps broke a boundary between the west and eastern fashions that had needed to be broken for a long time, to get the Paris fashion market back on track. 
Japanese fashion was avant garde, unconventional and forward thinking. The post modernist approach to fashion produced different and unusual fashion, introducing new materials and ways of making garments. 'Perfect symmetry is ugly, I want to destroy symmetry’ – Rei Kawakabo. She has challenged the West’s perception of fashion and perfection. She deliberately designed garments to look unfinished,  destroying the norm. Japanese designers distressed and deconstructed their garments in response to the trauma and suffering of japan during the war Hiroshima.
The Japanese also introduced  large, covered, non fitting garments. These often include minimal detail and simple shapes, often using black materials. The garments didn't fit the body traditionally, and they began to explore new ways of fitting the garment- draping, sleeves in unconventional places, oversizing.
Influential Japanese designers include Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakabo, Comme des Garcons and Hanae Mori.