MANADATORY CREDIT: PHOTO BY TAKAYA, (1493891A) FLOWER AND VEGETABLE HEADWEAR A BACK TO NATURE LOOK FOR AUTUMN: FLOWER AND VEGETABLE HEADWEAR AS THE AUTUMN LEAVES LITTER THE GROUND, HOW ABOUT WEARING THEM ON YOUR HEAD? THESE STUNNING HEADWEAR CREATIONS HAVE BEEN FASHIONED FROM VEGETABLES, FRUIT AND FLOWERS. JAPANESE ARTIST TAKAYA USES A MIXTURE OF FLORISTRY AND HIGH FASHION TO MAKE WHAT HE CALLS A -UNITY OF HUMAN AND NATURE-. HE USES MATERIALS FROM NATURE INCLUDING RADISHES, CHILLI PEPPERS, CAULIFLOWERS, BRIGHT BLOOM AND ROOT VEGETABLES. IT TAKES HIM NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES TO ARRANGE THE HEADPIECES. TAKAYA EXPLAINS: -I LIKE TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS AND ONE DAY WHEN I WAS THINKING FOR A SUBJECT FOR MY PHOTOGRAPHY, I HAD A VISION OF A WOMEN WITH FLOWERS BLOOMING FROM HER HEAD. -FOLLOWING THAT VISION, WHEN I PUT FLOWERS OVER THE MODEL’S HEAD I FELT LIKE MY SENSE OF CREATION AND DESIGN SPRUNG FROM MY HANDS, AND I REALISED I AM DESTINED TO UNITE HUMAN AND NATURE.- THE CREATIONS HAVE BEEN USED FOR WEDDINGS AND TAKAYA WA