RUE DE CHAT
RUE DE CHAT (RDC)
Rue de Chat (French) Cat Street (English)
The name comes from the image of people enjoying the culture and lifestyle rooted in the streets.
WEB3, predict the future of fashion in the age of AI and put it into practice in the present, creating new fashion shapes and stories for the future with our own hands.
Our goal is to challenge all possibilities, including analogue x digital, fashion utilizing technology and blockchain, and the democratization of design, and to remove all barriers in order to create innovation using fashion as a medium together with the RDC community.
August 31st to September 3rd, 2023 Art Stage Osaka2023 Proof of X Exhibit in collaboration with Akihiro Kato's booth 2048 and provide costumes
Solo exhibition ima will be held at Edge Off Daikanyama Gallery from January 20th to 21st, 2024
Not only fashion elements, but also various things, art, artists, and the digital and virtual worlds that expand the possibilities of fashion are expressed through the RDC filter. A two-day exhibition event will be held that predicts and packages the new form of fashion that combines these elements.
Solo exhibition ima from art ×Fashion
VR artist Hanahanaproduction used MetaQuest3 to perform a live painting performance in VR, creating a world where fashion and art intersect. What kind of world will fashion emerge using the latest tool, VR? Will it be a new form of fashion expressed in a completely different way from traditional design? This fashion VR art piece was created as a world first attempt based on this theme.
Solo Exhibition "ima" - Digital Fashion Project
The digital fashion pieces are creations that amplify and materialize the images in the mind using the power of technology. In contrast, the physical works are realizations of the same mental images, using a combination of various materials, tools, and knowledge, primarily through analog techniques. Though both are fashion items created through different means, digital fashion allows the creation of items that are physically impossible. This unintentional (or sometimes intentional) discrepancy between digital and physical pieces leads to the RDC philosophy: regardless of the different methods and creators, if the items stem from the same image, there is no real difference between virtual and physical appearances. For this project, from a single design sketch, a complete set of physical works and digital video works were created, sharing the same story, intent, and philosophy.
Moreover, the project explores the effectiveness of digital fashion, questioning whether digital or physical should come first, and whether advanced knowledge and techniques are truly necessary for digitalization. What defines digital fashion? With multiple approaches and ideas coexisting, there is no need to establish a single definition. Will it end as a tool for improving the efficiency of the fashion business, or will it blend with the metaverse, art, music, and theater to create a new culture, possibly integrating with AI? The aim is to provide a platform for testing and realizing new ideas.
Although digital fashion is a young and evolving field, this project serves as the foundation and starting point for RDC's creative endeavors.
Design sketch by Kano, digital video by Kanji Kyoda, 3D modeling & physical works by X.