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A Magazine Curated By Sacai, 2023.
The 25th issue has been curated by Chitose Abe of sacai, the founder and designer of the cult Japanese label.
Proposing a radical ultramarine blue cover signed in both English and Japanese, A Magazine Curated By Sacai explores the world of community and high concept behind sacai, from an international series of #sacaiTHEpeople portraits from Tokyo to LA, to commissioned projects by chefs, industrial designers, architects, artists, writers and business analysts. From the material concerns of minimalist architecture and up-cycled industrial design to the intangible possibilities of CGI products and A.I. fashion reporting, Abe has channelled sacai’s collaborative spirit into a profoundly contemporary document that approaches her brand pillars of hybridity and ‘stability and betrayal’ in myriad ways.
Chitose Abe, photography by Shoji Uchida
Contributors in alphabetical order:
Ai Katsuoka, Alfredo Piola, Anita Borzyszkowska, Audrey Fondecave, August Templer, Benoît Astier De Villatte, Chikashi Suzuki, Colette Roussaux, Craig McDean, Daisuke Gemma, Daniel Arnold, Dr Woo, Edison Chen, Fraser Cooke, Gelchop, Ghetto Gastro, Hank Willis Thomas, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Ilya Kagan, Ivan Pericoli, Jack Pierson, Jean Touitou, Jessica Ogden, Joaquin Laguinge, John Heng, Josephine Creighton, Karl Templer, Katsu Naito, Keith Oshiro, Kohei Kawatani, La Mode En Images, Lawrence Weiner, Marvin Leuvrey, Michel Gaubert, Mickael Barelaud, Noua Unu Studio, Pablo Zuleta Zahr, Philip Andelman, Piczo, Rashida Jones, Rollswyze, Rory van Millingen, Ryan Aguilar, Sarah Andelman, Shawn Horvath, Shioli Kutsuna, Shupei Qin, Sou Fujimoto, Stephanie Fei, Takashi Homma, Tariq ‘Black Thought’ Trotter, THE D SoraKi, Toraya, Toru Oshima, Vince Aung, Yoshi Tsujimura, Yoshihiro Narisawa, Yosuke Kubozuka, Yusuke Seki
The issue includes a limit-edition glossy print photo insert by Craig McDean & Karl Templer.
Astier de Villatte by Marvin Leuvrey
Gelchop by Joaquin Laguinge
Julia Walking (After Muybridge) by Craig McDean & Karl Templer
Rashida Jones by Noua Unu Studio
Sou Fujimoto
THE D SoraKi by ROLLSWYZE
Toraya by Toru Oshima
Where is Chitose? by Pablo Zuleta Zahr
In a small office in the Tokyo neighbourhood Harajuku, Kenta Orimi welcomed me into the studio for his eponymous brand, Orimi. After high school he was drawn to the area, working in various stores and boutiques, and in 2018 he opened The Elephant, a select shop where you’ll find pieces from Stefan Cooke, Vaquera, ERL, Martine Rose, carefully selected vintage pieces, as well as Orimi, of course.
For her first show outside New York, Hillary Taymour brought Collina Strada to Copenhagen for Spring Summer 2027, a season that also marked Copenhagen Fashion Week’s 20th anniversary. Collina Strada was the first brand invited to take part in its new International Guest Slot, supported by The Climate Pledge.
There is something about Paolina Russo that makes you want to be part of the gang. Canadian-born, half Filipina and half Italian, Russo grew up in Markham, Ontario, while her French co-founder Lucile Guilmard was raised in Fouras, a small seaside town on France’s Atlantic coast. Their London-based label draws on the things they grew up with far away from fashion capitals: arts and crafts, local sports, video games, music and the particular kind of imagination that comes from having to make your own fun.
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