Photographer: Yume Takakura

Hair & Makeup: Chiho Hatae

Model: Mioko (numbereight models)

2023 ‘Modern・Primitive’

This June, I visited the UK for the first time in a year and a half. The UK has a long history of clothing and the Age of Discovery. It is also a country where I have lived.
As I looked at the collection of tailoring and clothing from the Middle Ages and the many ancient folk costumes from around the world, I became interested in the similarities and differences between them. This is a topic I have wanted to research for a long time.
This has led me to consider the form between the three-dimensionality that protects the body as clothing and the flatness that protects the body by using plenty of fabric, as seen in ethnic costumes, and the relationship between people and cloth in ancient times.
This season, the brand uses light, spring-summery materials such as cotton silk and Banshu cotton fabrics, as well as organic cotton denim and linen, which become more expressive as they are worn.

Exhibition

TRACING THE ROOTS 2022 presented by mother dictionary