What's the greatest thing since sliced bread? Yukari Ohba’s costumes for Visual Kei bands, uh huh, uh huh. Take a look at these images and tell me you don’t agree.
Ohba designed performance outfits for all the J-rock giants: I’m talking Malice Mizer, Kamijo, D’espairsRay. Such vision, such attention to detail! Above are her designs for D’espairsRay’s Premium Oneman and Snob tours; these intergalactic shells were worn by (from left to right) Zero, Hizumi, Karyu, and Tsukasa.
I’m impressed by Ohba’s versatility; her costumes move from disco-clown to alien-bird to Goth-bondage and back. Oh, how I’d love to try on Hizumi’s shibari outfit on the far left!
Yukari Ohba’s magnificent vision extends to her fashion sketches. You’ll recognize this as Mana Sama’s robe for "Merveilles."
And here we have Gackt, channeling Le Petit Prince and Saturday Night Fever with angel wings.
I wrote before about Gothic Lolita weddings – and if you ask La Carmina, the top left gown is as close as it gets to perfect. Feathers sewn on crinoline… one day!
I’ve only posted a fraction of Yukari Ohba’s stunning J-rock costumes and illustrations. Visit the talented designer’s site and drool over the rest. (Click on the “Works” tab, and then click on individual costumes for close-ups and drawings.)
