![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai-FW23.jpg)
For Sacai 2023 Autumn & Winter Collection, Sacai designer and founder, Chitose Abe plays with the notion of ‘Everything in its right place’, exploring her belief that, in our world, there is a place and a space for everybody and for everything, even if at first glance it may seem, given our preconceptions, different to how it’s ‘supposed’ to be.
![Sacai, FW23](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_033.jpg)
Details
The idea translates into cutting, shifting the position of details and traditional construction, as well as moving fabrics to a new position on a garment, replacing the void that’s left behind with a different fabric, all in the pursuit of transforming garments to make something new, forever a signature for the house.
Fabrics are sliced and spliced on either horizontal or vertical planes to make a new shape. Three ribbon cuts at the base of a faux fur jacket become a layered peplum. A dress shirt is vertically sliced, and everything shifts a little to the left to create a new proportion, with another fabric, chiffon, introduced into the space that’s left behind. The polka dots on a blouse drop downwards, creating a negative space that’s filled with chiffon, with the original polka dots transformed into the flourish of a bow.
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_034.jpg)
A handbag strap is used as a device to alter the shape of a dress, lending it an asymmetrical option, the easy and familiar gesture of placing it on the shoulder facilitating a particularly fluid, easy transformation.
The tacking stitch that typically suggests something temporary, makes an unexpected appearance ‘front of stage’, as embroidery on tailoring, made of bonded suiting fabric.
Abe introduces a collection that re-visits sacai's always transformative, subversive elegance and encourages us to keep our hearts and minds open to the possibility of finding beauty in unexpected places.
Sacai Fall Winter 2023 Collection
![Sacai FW23](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_001.jpg)
![Sacai FW23](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_002.jpg)
![Sacai FW23](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_003.jpg)
![Sacai FW23](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_004.jpg)
![Sacai FW23](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_005.jpg)
![Sacai FW23](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_006.jpg)
![Sacai FW23](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_007.jpg)
![Sacai FW23](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_008.jpg)
![Sacai FW23](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_009.jpg)
![Sacai FW23](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_010.jpg)
![Sacai FW23](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_011.jpg)
![Sacai FW23](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_012.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_013.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_014.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_015.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_016.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_017.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_018.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_019.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_020.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_021.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_022.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_023.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_024.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_025.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_026.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_027.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_028.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_029.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_030.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_031.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_032.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_033.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_034.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_035.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_036.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_037.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_038.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_039.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_040.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_041.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_042.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_043.jpg)
![](https://static.rain-mag.com/2023/03/Sacai_FW23_044.jpg)