ベッドフォードさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ベッドフォードInstagram)「#Repost @bof with @get_repost ・・・ Japan’s menswear expertise isn’t a new phenomenon. It all began in the ‘80s, when Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto launched their menswear collections in Paris. “After that, the genre of Japanese fashion became respected, cutting edge and avant garde,” says W. David Marx, the Tokyo-based author of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style. Issey Miyake and Comme des Garçons protégé Junya Watanabe have also gone on from this first wave of globally renowned masters to launch commercially successful menswear collections. But it doesn’t stop there. Last week, Yoshio Kubo was just one of the many Japanese #menswear designers that made a splash in the Paris Fashion Week Men’s, showing his collection through virtual reality headsets. Other names included genre-defying Bed J.W. Ford, whose creative director Shinpei Yamagishi unveiled an Adidas collaboration at #PittiUomo this month, and Auralee, the minimalist cult favourite and winner of #Tokyo city government’s second fashion prize. Elsewhere, Japan’s menswear labels are also making themselves heard. This past May, Arashi Yanagawa’s label John Lawrence Sullivan brought its punk take on tailored suiting to London Fashion Week Men’s, while Landlord’s Ryohei Kawanishi works out of New York. Online and in stores, menswear destinations Mr Porter, Dover Street Market and Nepenthes are jam-packed with artisanal gems, from tie-dyed hoodies from up-and-comer Needles to off-beat denim separates by Kapital. For those in the know, Japan’s menswear brands have long been the ones to watch. Indeed, their rise has been anything but an overnight affair. The collective effect of their trailblazing collections from decades past are still rippling through the global menswear scene today, and show no signs of waning. [Link in bio] #pfw」6月28日 13時52分