When a Fashion designer Issey Miyake decided to add some wind to his Paris Spring/Summer 2008 runway, he called the man who invented the wind (well, almost) - an industrial designer James Dyson, the design engineer who harnessed the power of air and invented cyclone technology for vacuum cleaners. James Dyson managed the stage set for the Paris Collection show, where he generated wind on the runway. As well as creating garments inspired by a variety of wind forms, the ISSEY MIYAKE team dismantled the vacuum cleaner developed by Dyson and analyzed its construction in the search for fresh perspectives on shaping new garments that expand the realm of possibilities for wind and clothing to co-exist.
As you can see the result is pretty different from everything we've seen on Paris runways and the tech influence is coming across in a very bold form.