Kyocera’s FOREARTH technology powers ANREALAGE collection at Paris Fashion Week AW26/27

Schiphol-Rijk, The Netherlands – March 9th, 2026 – Kyocera Document Solutions Europe Management B.V., one of the world’s leading document solutions companies, is pleased to announce that prints produced using Kyocera’s sustainable inkjet textile printer FOREARTH were used on garments in the collection presented by fashion brand ANREALAGE at Paris Fashion Week AUTUMN/WINTER 2026-27, held on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.

The collection comprised 27 looks, 15 of which featured FOREARTH prints. Since its 2024 collection, ANREALAGE has adopted FOREARTH to support more sustainable textile printing while experimenting with creative designs across a wide range of fabrics. By leveraging FOREARTH’s ability to complete the printing process quickly, ANREALAGE has continued to challenge new forms of creative expression across diverse materials under a production process unconstrained by fabric limitations or technique. This marks the fifth collaboration between Kyocera and ANREALAGE.

The theme of ANREALAGE’s latest collection is "GHOST." Inspired by ideas such as "present yet invisible" and "between presence and absence," the collection, created in collaboration with "GHOST IN THE SHELL", took inspiration from the optical camouflage suits featured in the series to explore invisibility and the blurring of contours. Garments change their outlines depending on viewing distance and angle, creating the impression that they blend into the surrounding landscape.

Presented not merely as clothing but as "information media" that blend into urban and digital environments, ANREALAGE’s cutting-edge expressions drew global attention.

Kyocera’s sustainable inkjet textile printer, FOREARTH, supported ANREALAGE’s sophisticated and delicate expressions. The printer employs proprietary technology that substantially streamlines conventional dyeing processes, including pre- and post-treatment, enabling high-resolution prints that require only printing and drying. Under the "Water Free Concept," which minimises water use during printing, FOREARTH reduces wastewater discharge while delivering advanced design capabilities such as delicate tonal gradations and multi-colour transitions.

For this collection, which demanded diverse graphics, subtle tonal rendering, and consistent colour reproduction across different materials, effects traditionally achieved with water – such as bleeding and soft blurring – were reproduced without water-based processes. The team also explored ways to alter the perceived character of materials, for example creating the look of denim or leather on different substrates through printing.

FOREARTH’s digital printing technology faithfully reproduces designers’ vision while also offering flexibility for small production runs and short lead times, enabling a "Creative Free" approach to manufacturing that does not limit creativity.

■ Comment from ANREALAGE Designer Kunihiko Morinaga

Through ongoing collaboration with Kyocera, I have come to see FOREARTH not as a technology that restricts creativity by reducing water use, but as a tool that expands creative possibilities. It has opened up the possibility of using printing to reproduce textures and material qualities once thought achievable only with water or specific substrates.

Regarding the collection’s emblematic motif – floral patterns without defined outlines – we normally use water to blur edges in a watercolour-like way. This time, we attempted to recreate the bleeding and soft focus long associated with watercolour using a printing process that minimises water use. From a distance, floral outlines emerge; as you approach, those outlines dissolve and the forms become ambiguous. The result is a floral motif that appears and disappears depending on viewing distance, much like a ghost.

By printing a denim texture onto UltraSuede, we created a textile that looks like denim at first glance but feels like suede to the touch. Unlike conventional denim, which frays when cut, the suede substrate allowed us to achieve the sharp design details we were aiming for. We also reproduced a leather-like look on a faux-leather material using FOREARTH printing: from afar it appears as real leather, but it is actually a light-transmitting special material whose leather appearance is created through printing. We even produced a look in which the main "GHOST IN THE SHELL" logo appears within a Western-style leather-look that allows LED light to shine through.

We also took on the challenge of printing the same pattern across different materials and thicknesses. Individual garments combine materials such as silk satin, velvet, and silk crepe. We made delicate adjustments to deliver consistent texture and colour across these substrates. Cinematic effects were also achieved – for example, by printing over 250 scenes from the 1995 “GHOST IN THE SHELL” film onto velvet using FOREARTH technology.

Over the past two and a half years of working with FOREARTH, I feel it has the potential to significantly change the environmental impact of printing technologies, particularly regarding water resources. The intersection of creation, technology, and sustainability is a central theme for ANREALAGE today, and I believe that expanding collaborations with FOREARTH across the fashion industry can be a catalyst for reshaping the future of manufacturing.

Click here for more information about the inkjet textile printer "FOREARTH".

＜List of collections presented at Paris Fashion Week＞

“FOREARTH”-printed fabrics were featured in outfits No. 1, 3, 4, 6–10, 12, 13, 18–21, and 23.

＜Related Information＞

ANREALAGE's Collection presented at Paris Fashion Week are exhibited at the Ghost and the Shell Exhibition.