When Japanese clothing designer Dai Fujiwara first laid eyes upon the utilitarian, bagless Dyson vacuum cleaner, he found inspiration for his new clothing line, which was unveiled at Paris's Fashion Week on Tuesday.

Fujiwara, the creative director for Issey Miyake, disassembled the upright vacuum cleaners designed by British inventor James Dyson, touted for their powerful suction and sleek structure, and used the parts in his own designs.

"He thinks about making life better through his work," Fujiwara told the Associated Press. "All of us at Issey think the same way — making good clothes, that's all."

For the runway show titled The Wind, the models entered the runway through a giant yellow vacuum hose. Overhead hoses sent large gusts of billowy air, tousling the models' clothes.
Dyson, who was recruited to help design the unique runway, said he was delighted by the unlikely collaboration.

"It's very interesting to see what someone else sees in what you've done," he told the Associated Press. "Everything in my vacuum cleaner is there for a reason — air flow, whatever it is — and so it was fascinating to see someone looking at it and seeing just shapes."

With files from the Associated Press