Luxury leather label Loewe and Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli have dropped their second collaboration, celebrating one of the studio's most acclaimed films, Spirited Away, the 2001 epic which secured director Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli a number of prizes, including the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards.
The film is an ode to loyalty, friendship and stubbornness in the face of adversity.
The Loewe x Spirited Away collection features all of the movie's most iconic characters, from the young protagonist Chihiro, mysterious Haku and sorceress Yubaba, to Kaonashi the spirit with no face, Fly-Bird and the Susuwatari soot sprites.
Characters swarm across ready-to-wear, blankets and scarves, as well as appearing on leather and canvas bags including the Amazona, Puzzle, Hammock and Flamenco, Totes and small leather accessories. Figures are playfully rendered as jacquard, print, appliquè and patch, and leather marquetry, or embroidery.
By stressing tactility and three-dimensional form, the artisans brought the characters to life, just as the movie's spirits are brought to life in the real world.
The collection also introduced pieces inspired by the classic Japanese technique known as 'boro' which consists of mended and indigo-dyed scraps patchworked together, creating intarsia of Kasuri textiles and Anagram jacquard canvas on both ready-to-wear and bags.
In order to maximise the effect of surface treatment, shapes are kept loose and relaxed. There are t-shirts, hooded sweatshirts, cardigans, oversized jumpers, culottes, as well as denim trousers and puffers.
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