Eri Matsui (松居 エリ, 1952 in Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese fashion designer known for mathematically inspired designs.
Information
Eri Matsui's 2000 collection featured many designs created using the Mathematica software program. In the spring of 2006 she made news by designing a wedding dress intended to look good in zero-g and sponsored a design competition for clothing to be worn under such conditions, the Hyper Space Couture Design Contest.
History
Eri Matsui was born in 1952 in Aichi Prefecture. She studied fine arts and design. After, she continued those studies and also took part in graphic design. Matsui began designing her clothing in Chicago after her husband was transferred there. She attended William Rainey Harper College where she found her interest in fashion design. She spent six years in Chicago, working and designing clothes. After, she returned to Japan where she started her own company. Matsui had studios in Tokyo, and Paris. Her designs and clothing showed up in Tokyo Collection in the mid-1990s and has remained a constant there.
References
- 松居エリ (in Japanese). ICC ONLINE. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- "宇宙オープンラボ Open Lab Interview" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2008-04-25. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- "Eri Matsui". Virtual Japan. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
Sources
- Design for the First Astrobride The Guardian, May 3, 2006.
- On the Runway: Spacewear Meant to Dazzle, Even in Zero Gravity by Dennis Overbye. The New York Times May 16, 2006.
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