Coolest Most Avante Garde Artistic Japanese Fashion Designers

Rei kawakubo is a japanese fashion designer born on 11 th october 1942 in tokyo japan.

Coolest most avante garde artistic japanese fashion designers. Drawing inspiration from the east and the west the traditional and the ultra modern japan s sartorial legacy has made a formidable impact on the industry from uniqlo s high street domination to. While watanabe still leads the designing for comme des garçons menswear and womenswear collections he manages. We ve rounded up a comprehensive list of the 33 best japanese brands you need to know some of which are widely known and others more obscure.

Over the years many fashion designers have grown in stature and brand value. She soon begins work on her own ready to wear collection. The 17 best dressed designers in the fashion world.

Retro futuristic pop art fashion by watanabe. A timeline of the japanese design avant garde. Watanabe is a revolutionary driven japanese designer who served as apprentice to the great rei kawakobo the owner and head designer of comme des garçons.

Earlier the company produced women s line but in 1978 the men s line was also added. And her avant garde approach to fashion design. The new york based designer known for his avant garde womenswear creations takes similar risks with his own personal wardrobe.

Yamamoto who originally went to law school decided after graduation that he wanted to help out at his mom s dressmaking shop instead. From yohji yamamoto s ss98 collection to the cult impact of the 1973 action thriller lady snowblood japanese style has infiltrated into western culture and high fashion. Japan s sartorial legacy extends far beyond its corner of the north pacific.

A trip to paris and a fitting at coco chanel s couture salon puts things into perspective for hanae mori. The creative director of brioni stays consistently on brand as he almost always steps out in some of the most beautiful suits we ve ever laid eyes on. Kenzo takada graduates alongside future japanese fashion design stars mitsuhiro matsuda and junko koshino.