


Here's a sample of the LV tribute collection:

pips wrote:Another non-Japanese designer who had a lot of success in Japan is Christopher Nemeth, but I dont know if you can consider him obscure since Louis Vuitton paid tribute to his work in their F/W 2015 Menswear collection. His clothes feature a lot of deconstruction and using/reusing unusual materials.Spoiler:
nick wrote:@trasparenti this is GREAT - thank you so much for sharing this content, I'll definitely dig into it deeper in a bit, look at all the brands.
Random fashion ramblings ... Japanese style in general seems to have this look of effortless or genuinity by having the tailoring always be a little bit 'off' (or at least for the Western menswear consumer) - usually with strange lengths / widths that lie somewhere between zero break and truly cropped - or having a wide leg but a short rise. 3/4 sleeves too. Or wide ones. What I see from a lot of Japanese people my age is a sort of intentional mismatching - stuff like strangely colored tights under jean shorts (for the girls). Weird loafers. Shoe brands relegated to the "tasteless" here. Cut and sew details are a common detail that kind of goes along well with it too. There's always that level of appropriation too - which gives you brand concepts that would be strange here - something like Sassafras who makes gardening themed clothes for men !
But what's the strangest is - how well people make it work! The weirdness looks natural. The key to 'pulling it off', I'm not sure. I think on an internet fashion forum here you'd get a lot of 'this looks off' - because I think a lot of it does. Yet, that's whats so great for it. I've learned its not for me - though I get my fix to some degree through my favorite brand, Engineered Garments, which has a level of Japanese design sensibility but the clothes are very much cut for the American market.
Rosenrot wrote:I just wrote on a similar topic a few days ago. My opinion is that it comes from the general philosophy of wabi-sabi that permeates throughout all aspects of Japanese aesthetics, but of course its extent varies depending on the fashion of the subculture. The representation of emotions, wisdom and experience is more important than the 'perfect' fit when it comes to cutting garments. This is usually evident when the pieces are made with 'aged' textile which the Japanese are very famous for.
Jaron75 wrote:Though this is my personal opinion but I have always found Japanese clothes quite high on fashion statement. I have tried SuperDry and other Japanese brands and for me they are among top best mens designers brands making awesome and equally comfortable clothes.
Different types of clothing emerged as standards
in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Among others,
military wear and clothes that have their roots
in work have also been cherished as fashionable wear.
Deriving flintstone from those eternal standards
and processing them through our own filters,
we design clothes “slowly.”
Here the term “slowly” means:
・Crafting original clothes carefully.
・Creating clothes that are adaptable to different styles of different times.
・Presenting the antithesis of a fast-moving modern society and fashion industry and slowing it down.
HexKeySet wrote:Mountain Research
Maybe you've seen this "Phishing Sweater" floating around on Tumblr, with the detachable sleeves
TEÄTORA is a workwear brand for modern creators.
Redesigning the concept of bottoms.
Researching the environments of modern creators.
Reimagining the relationship between the human body and the work chair.
Julio wrote:cool thread overall. imho discussion on is-ness could turn a little bit towards their tendency to be a little wonky/out there tech boho, sometimes? but as of late they're toned it down *some*.
speaking of tech boho:
With a name referring to existence itself,
Is-ness was founded in 2001 as a design group focused on conceptualizing revolutionary creative work and brand images.
By blending a modern sense of contemporary technology, art, music and fashion with the deeeeeeeeeeeeeeep power of tradition, Is-ness strives to express not only via the 5 senses, but rather the heart.
New opinions are always suspected,
and usually opposed, without any other reason.
But because they are not already common.
There exists freedom that has broken the routine.
Before these have been turned into an output, "Humor" and "sense of beauty" were words that had covered one's life.
The general rule lies in the quality. ... STOF does not aim to expand its business.
Instead, it is trying to observe social trend through the corner of its eyes and create a unique path of its own. ... We are expanding into large-scale activities that are beyond fashion, branching out just like how the veins on a leaf do. ...
If we were to talk about the more essential matter, it will be the "enlightenment" from unique things.
To provide a theme and collaborate based on that theme.
Comparing to that of an ordinary designer, the paradigm is reversed.
The theme that was given in return was "How to utilize".
When in liaison with other creators, "bringing out the strength of that person" will help to advocate the field of art director.
If we were to be in the transition period, it is probably a must for us to change the concept of some fashion designers.
STOF means "cloth" in Dutch.
Its feature is that it has the concept of "clothing with a story behind it"
nostalgic and cutting age" is SlowGun’s concept.
roots of flintstone came from the movies, musics, and it extracts the "next cutting age" essence from the 60’s and 70’s era and applied it to his special designs through manufacturing and many other means.
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