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Today I went to see the new AW 16/17 kimono collection of JOTARO SAITO from Kyoto. After seeing his show last year, I was super excited about his new line of designs. Especially that he creates slightly “darker” kimono is what I love and the fact that he combines the very traditional art of wafuku with modern designs or small modern modifications which are...

Last month I had an incredibly fun crossover collaboration with my dear friend Sasa from New York. Sasa is the head and creator behind the kimono kid and hand makes custom order kimono items in her atelier in Brooklyn. She does everything from scratch, taking the customers wishes and measurements, designs, hand dyes, cuts and sows kimonos, kimono jackets and anything wafuku you like...

Last week I went to see several brands at the Kimono Rock Tokyo event. My favourite kimono brands, Modern Antenna, Rumi Rock and Choko were having a joint pop up shop together with iroca and a mens kimono designer I forgot the name of. (Pardon me!) In arrangement for the “Rock” title I selected a cool and modern kimono coordinate consisting of a silver...