Designer of the week - Noritaka Tatehana

What we adore the most in the works of Noritaka Tatehana, is not one but two things (much more to tell the truth), first is a very clearly communicated wafuku feeling, and when we say wafuku we do not mean Japanese classical clothing we mean much more, an essence behind, a warm feeling and the taste of a bitter tea if you wish. Second is the perfect balance in colors and patterns, we haven’t seen such beautiful combination for quite some time. We strictly recommend checking flickr for some nice resolution photos.

Designer of the week - Mayumi Torio.

Today we start a new column and while it is called designer of the week, it is more of a discovery of a week in a sense, and actually it is not going to be a weekly thing at all. Confused? We are confused too.

Any　way meet Mayumi Torio – a Tokyo based fashion designer, whose wool flared skirt from 2009-10 A/W collection completely carried us away. We first of all adore the minimalism and simplicity of almost architectural forms found in many of her works, and yet the skirt reminds us of a spaceship, now spaceship it may not be, but we love it. Who would wonder that this item is sold out.

click photo for quite a high-res.