DressedUndressed: Beyond genderless fashion
DressedUndressed from designers Takeshi Kitazawa and Emiko Sato has been an unassuming yet confident presence at Tokyo fashion week since 2012, when its initial collections courted tailoring connoisseurs with precise unisex attire that scaled in size but otherwise had no gendered distinction. A partnership ...
Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo: Menswear brands give streetwear some long-overdue cred
Japan Times fashion contributors select eight menswear and unisex collections to look out for during Tokyo fashion week DressedUndressed Takeshi Kitazawa / Emiko Sato 北澤 武志 / 佐藤 絵美子 What began as a Tokyo unisex revolution on the catwalks from design duo Takeshi Kitazawa and Emiko Sato (see ...
Tokyo fashion week: womenswear gets a welcome jolt of energy
The 2016 spring/summer womenswear lineup certainly threw up its fair share of surprises at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo earlier this month. The biggest talking point of the shows, however, was an edgy tribute to one of the country's traditional garbs — the luxurious kimono. Led ...
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo: Menswear looks for leadership
Christian Dada designer Masanori Morikawa's departure from Tokyo to show at Paris Fashion Week this season created an opportunity for a new headline act to emerge from the sidelines and seize the reins at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo. All eyes were on design house Mr.Gentleman ...
Fashion Week Tokyo: menswear's mixed messages
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo: Walking the line
The menswear schedule looked somewhat lacking on paper this season at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo. The big names that would normally take the lead in international coverage — namely, Takeshi Osumi's post-Phenomenon project, Mr.Gentleman, or the internationally friendly Whiz Limited — were both ...
