Design duo Hiroyuki Horihata and Makiko Sekiguchi have been making the case for the inclusion of Japanese aesthetics in contemporary fashion for more than a decade.
Since founding fashion brand Matohu, the pair have championed Japanese tradition on the runway, which isn't easy in an industry where such tastes are frequently reduced to a singular jumbled pastiche of eras and genres.
The average Matohu fashion show offers audiences a crash course in Japanese fashion and the arts. Matohu's first series of collections from 2005 drew their inspiration from the Keicho Era (1596-1615), dedicating the label's debut to samurai and tea ceremony master Furuta Oribe (1544-1615) and methodically exploring the textiles and arts of the period over the next five years.