Cabbage reborn as fresh green
Japanese lingerie
TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - It isn't
exactly the most exciting of vegetables, but the humble cabbage has
inspired a budding Japanese lingerie designer and won her the
chance to showcase her creations on the world
stage.
Tokyo fashion design student Sachino
Kurozu's multi-layered underwear in a fresh green, inspired by a
sprouting cabbage, was picked as this year's winner of a Tokyo
lingerie competition organized by underwear
manufacturer Triumph,
known for its novelty bras featuring unusual designs.
Triumph's most recent promotional offering was a bra
with an electronic nuptial clock for husband-hunting
women.
Kurozu, 20, said her design was
intended to express women's "blooming beauty." She will now go on
to compete at a global Triumph contest in Milan later this
year.
"The cabbage underwear was so cute.
Many designers adapted Japanese themes, but the cabbage one was so
unique and catchy," said Haruna Hirasawa, a fashion student at the
show.
Cabbages were not the only vegetables
on offer. Another design student created underwear entitled
"Onion," featuring brown frills.
The winner of Triumph's Milan competition will receive a cash prize
and the opportunity to adapt their design into a commercial
underwear set.
Last year, a Japanese student
designer won the international award with her lingerie collection,
"Under Skin."
(Reporting by Toshi Maeda, editing by
Miral Fahmy)