There’s a lot of unspoken love on my part when it comes to Jun Takahashi’s label Undercover. Maybe it’s that Takahashi has been so consistent in his output of subversive surprise, genre-mashing collections and fantasy spinning in the twenty five years since he started his label whilst he was still at school, that it almost… Continue reading Uncovering Undercover
Category: History
A Collection of Us
Playing on our collective love of nostalgia, the word “archive” seems to have popped up quite a bit lately in a bid to perhaps look back in order to go forward. Topshop launched their Archive Collection back in July and Jigsaw’s current autumn winter campaign pits nineties Jigsaw pieces with current ones, to emphasise the… Continue reading A Collection of Us
Fabric of India: Block Printing
One of the most popular Instagram posts I ever posted was a video of an artisan pressing a wooden block mould down on fabric to create a repeat print of a floral motif. A slow press of the wooden block mould in one hand and then a swift slap down of the other to properly… Continue reading Fabric of India: Block Printing
Nude Lines
I’ve been in an Asia-bound disconnect for the past week and have continued my journey from Seoul to Tokyo. I’m still trickling out my thoughts on Seoul Fashion Week but first up, a revisit of one Seoul label that I have had physical experience of. I finally got to see a Low Classic show, after admiring them… Continue reading Nude Lines