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This is my friend Hachi in Tokyo. He is a fashion designer extraordinaire. He lives with my old housemate in Tokyo, Gallermic, who happens to be a fashion photographer.
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Gallermic and Hachi collaborated on this great fashion shoot below, using our French male model friend Pierre to model Hachi's designs.
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Hachi also does women's wear, some of which has appeared in Japanese fashion magazines.
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Image from Volume Japan magazine. What an amazing dress.
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This dress reminds me of the now famous Balenciaga floral dress with the stitching of pieces of stiff floral fabric together. However Hachi's design came about 1 year earlier.
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To contact Hachi or to see where you can maybe buy his clothes (I don't know if he is at that stage yet, I know he has finished studying now though) check out
his Myspace
rooftop photoshoots. ya see? thats one of the prim reasons I want to live in an apartment when i get older. hahah
ReplyDeletethat and being close to the city.
His work is freakin' amazing..and sooo innovative. Definitely Tokyo style too, that's for sure...but relevant to so many.
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