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Jun Takahashi is a founder and head designer of cult Japanese label ‘Undercover’. Born in Kiryu, Gunma prefecture, Japan in September 1969, Takahashi studied Fashion Design at the Bunka Academy of Fashion. During his study period, he founded the ‘Undercover’ brand with his friend and classmate, Nigo (who now heads the inconic Japanese streetwear label ‘A Bathing Ape’). Following his grad…

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AF Vandevorst is the Belgian fashion label started by An Vandevorst (born 1968 ) and Filip Arikcx (born 1971). A married couple, they met at Antwerp’s Royal Academy in 1987 before setting up together in 1997. Vandervorst had previously worked as first assistant to Dries Van Noten whilst Arikcx worked as a freelance designer and stylist following a three-year spell working with Dirk Bikke…

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A 1992 graduate of London’s Central Saint Martins, Tao is the latest hopeful to emerge from behind the scenes at Comme des Garçons, where she now works with her own team of six designers. Tao’s collections tend to be somewhat feminine and playful, often using doses of color or articles insprired by lingerie. Designing for four seasons under Comme Des Garcons, Tao’s collections are often…

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Commes des Gracons- Fashion Designer Rei Kawakubo, founder of Comme des Garcons, was born in Tokyo in 1942. Being untrained as a fashion designer, but having studied fine arts and literature, she conveys her ideas verbally to her patternmakers. After graduation Kawakubo worked in a textile company and began working as a freelance stylist in 1967. In 1973, she established her own company…

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