Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. (President: Takashi Nagai) is pleased to announce that fabrics printed using its sustainable inkjet textile printer, FOREARTH, were featured in garments presented by fashion brand ANREALAGE at its Spring/Summer 2027 collection showcased during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, on September 29, 2026.
This marks the sixth collaboration between ANREALAGE and Kyocera. Through their ongoing partnership, the two companies continue to explore new possibilities at the intersection of fashion and sustainability. This collection was also ANREALAGE’s 25th presentation at Paris Fashion Week.
The theme of this collection is “SKIN.” By viewing clothing as a “second skin” that envelops the human body, the collection reexamines the relationship between the body and garments while proposing a new form of expression that merges fashion and technology.
Presented at Maison de la Radio, one of Paris’s most iconic cultural venues and a gathering place for music, art, and media, the show attracted significant attention through its innovative fusion of fashion, technology, and music. Highlights included the use of electronic paper technology and an original musical score by Thomas Bangalter, former member of Daft Punk, creating a unique and immersive experience that brought the collection’s “SKIN” concept to life.
Of the 35 looks presented in the collection, 27 featured various stretch fabrics printed using FOREARTH. Since 2024, ANREALAGE and FOREARTH have collaborated in pursuit of creative expression unconstrained by material or design limitations. For this collection, FOREARTH precisely reproduced graphic patterns characterized by vivid colors and bold contrasts. Highly saturated shades of blue, green, and pink were rendered with striking intensity, while the outlines of intricate motifs remained sharp. By accurately translating the designer’s distinctive vision onto fabric, FOREARTH contributed to the creation of garments that embodied the “SKIN” theme.
FOREARTH utilizes proprietary technology that significantly simplifies conventional textile printing processes, including pre- and post-treatment, enabling high-definition printing through printing and drying alone. Its “Water Free Concept” minimizes water consumption during textile printing, helping reduce the environmental impact of wastewater. At the same time, its high-definition printing technology enables subtle tonal gradations and a broad range of color expression.
The collection made extensive use of blended materials containing polyester, rayon, and polyurethane. These fabrics combine supple stretch and recovery with cool-touch and wrinkle-resistant properties, making them comfortable to wear across three seasons: spring, summer, and autumn. Thanks to its versatility across a wide range of fabrics, FOREARTH can deliver high-quality printing even on such functional materials.
The project also explored printing on seersucker fabric,* which has a textured, puckered surface, opening up new possibilities for textile expression unconstrained by material or design limitations.
At the venue, original scarves printed with FOREARTH were distributed to guests so they could experience its expressive capabilities firsthand. By handling the scarves, guests were able to appreciate FOREARTH’s vivid color reproduction while retaining the fabric’s natural texture and feel.
Kunihiko Morinaga, Designer of ANREALAGE: “The theme of this collection is “SKIN.” It explores the intersection between the physical meaning of skin and scales found in living organisms and the concept of digital game skins that can be endlessly transformed in virtual spaces. Through this fusion, the collection expresses a surface that can be continuously rewritten and reshaped.
For this collection, we aimed to create garments that function like a second skin, closely conforming to the body. To achieve this, we printed graphics onto highly stretchable fabrics. Traditionally, pigment printing on elastic materials has been challenging, as prints can crack or become stiff, restricting the natural flexibility of the fabric. With FOREARTH, however, the printed surface stretches together with the material, enabling textile expressions that move seamlessly with the body and feel like a true second skin.”
The collection also draws inspiration from the way fish scales reflect light. We sought to capture the vivid RGB color palette unique to digital environments, and FOREARTH faithfully reproduced these brilliant colors, allowing us to realize our vision with remarkable accuracy.
ANREALAGE and Kyocera’s FOREARTH have collaborated for six consecutive seasons. While each season has explored a different creative theme, a common question has always connected our work: How should we create? Our collaboration has never been solely about producing compelling designs. It has also been about continually questioning the responsibility behind the methods of making them. Looking back on these three years and six seasons, we feel that this partnership has been an effort not only to reduce environmental impact, but also to uphold a broader sense of social responsibility in manufacturing and creative production. By pursuing both sustainability and creative freedom, FOREARTH has opened up new possibilities for our work.
The inspiration for this season’s theme, SKIN, began with a single fish scale. As we explored this motif, our thoughts naturally expanded to the ocean, water, and the global environment. For a collection born from these reflections, it carries special significance that we were able to realize our ideas through FOREARTH’s printing technology, which dramatically reduces water consumption compared with conventional textile printing methods.
In addition, the scarves distributed at the venue featured a design that brought together textile patterns from all 25 ANREALAGE collections presented in Paris, arranged like a patchwork. FOREARTH faithfully reproduced the highly intricate artwork containing countless colors and visual details. Furthermore, what would traditionally be expressed as a thick and heavy patchwork was instead printed onto a sheer chiffon fabric made from ultra-fine cupro yarn. This allowed us to express the concept as a light, soft, and translucent textile while preserving the richness and complexity of the original design.