Fashion feature: Alice Auaa Fall 2013

image:C.Hope for Style WyldeElevating counter culture fashion to a high couture level can be a tricky business.  For many  designers it proves impossible as attempts to accurately portray the spirit of an underground style comes out at best forced, and at worst downright cheesy. For Yasutaka Funakoshi however, it has never been a problem. Looking at his pieces it's obvious he designs with passion bringing his own creative point of view to  his work for Alice Auaa. It's this passion that brings so much validity to the label, and makes it so popular with those who share his taste in the darker side of style.

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image:C.Hope for Style Wylde

The Fall 2013 collection, was a perfect example of how Funakoshi transforms his passion into fashion art. Designed around a dark fantasy where creatures emerge from an enormous web and float like phantoms down the runway, the pieces were elaborately imaginative with leathers giving way to fur accents, knit pieces spun from silky yarns that appeared no heavier than spider-web, and tons of classic gothic staples such as boned corsets and long ruffled skirts.

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Perhaps not intended for the more meek fashion follower, Alice Auaa is definitely designed for a unique taste. But for those who are fans of the label, Funakoshi's work  is the epitome of how to do gothic correctly; with beauty, attention to detail and never opting for anything less than luxury.

image:C.Hope for Style Wylde

image:C.Hope for Style Wylde

For more images from the Alice Auaa Fall 2013 Collection check out the Style Wylde Galleries.