Fashion’s New Playground

Miuccia Prada has designed costumes for the futuristic Japanese animated movie, ‘Appleseed: Ex Machina’. It is a sequel to 2004′s ‘Appleseed’ which became famous for its use of the new technique called “3D Live Animation”. (For a example of “3D live Animation” click here) The famous fashion designer agreed to the project because she was inspired by the first movie. WWD reported that the movie seems to have been a source of inspiration for her Fall 2006 “Metroploitan Armour” collection and Elle.com, believes it is more closely related to her Fall 2007 collection. As stated by the designer at a press conference in Tokyo, “Watching the previous ‘Appleseed,’ I thought that the expression of contrast in man and machine, violence and love was wonderful.”

The movie will be released in October 2007, first in Japan and then 80 other countries (including the US) will follow.