The collection from A DEGREE FAHRENHEIT (ADF) is wrapped in an elegant atmosphere, and the models that walk the runway portray curves of beautiful drapes one after another. The patterns of pattern designer Yu Amatsu and the commitment to materials are reflected gracefully.

“The first time I received a phone call from Mr. Amatsu, I had doubts about whether our embroideries would be helpful or not to his elegant and minimalist concepts.” said RAKAM’s designer Sakai.

Their first encounter was four years ago at a production area tour held in Bishu, and their first collaboration became the ADF collection that was announced at the Berlin Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in January 2013. An organdie fabric beautifully embroidered was unveiled, showing off the true craftsmanship of RAKAM.

RAKAM’s strength lies in its patented “Mukara Embroidery” thermo-compression type embroidery method. As crimping is performed from above the cloth using heat, there are many advantages to this method.

These advantages include having embroidery even on the seams of the fabric and embroidery threads not appearing on the back side of the fabric. It is there that the design capabilities and expertise cultivated by RAKAM come together to meet various special orders.

“Although there are other companies doing thermo-compression embroidering, thanks to RAKAM independently developing its own materials, even the thermo-compressed embroidery is soft and doesn’t cause peeling. We definitely wanted to use the technology at its height.” says Amatsu. When directly embroidering a thin and soft material, which is one of the characteristics of ADF, padding is often placed on the back, making the material thicker and harder. Up until now, we thought that the embroidery process would be difficult.

Just as Sakai says, “We want to expand the possibilities of embroidery,” we can look forward to ADF’s challenges to spread this possibility with the help of RAKAM.