STYLING TOKYO’S LEGENDARY FASHION ICON YOU SHOULD KNOW, THE ANDROGYNOUS PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR KAGEKI SHIMODA FOR TOKONE TIGHTS
日本の伝説的なKAWA-COOLファッションアイコン志茂田景樹さんをTOKONEタイツのカタログでWrittenafterwardsなどでスタイリング担当してきました！
A little while ago I got an email from Tokone tights about working with Shimoda Kageki, who I did not know at first (I`m going to pull the “I wasn’t raised here” card) but a quick google search later revealed that I had been missing out on knowing one of the most iconic people in Japanese fashion ever.
I first thought of Boy George, but it was pointed out to me that since Kageki is a Naoki Award-winning author and essayist (akin to the Pulitzer Prize), he is more akin to the legendary Quentin Crisp from the UK.
少し前のことにはなりますが、
一見した私の印象は、
British author Quentin Crisp
I was to style Kageki-san for the Tokone lookbook, wearing Tokone’s creative director Hatsuki Sugai’s “kamakiri” tights. Why hire a mature man for a tights campaign? Well, his legs are AMAZING and him wearing colorful tights and leggings is his signature style anyway. “Surprisingly, this is the first time I`ve ever modeled for a tights brand though!” he admitted.
その個性的なスタイル、カラフルな髪色、
Looking at Kageki, I knew that I HAD to get him in Tokyo-based philosophical brand Writtenafterwards without a DOUBT. I also pulled in favors from Mikio Sakabe and Prism Gem for head gear.
He was so gracious and wore anything I asked of him, including the net dress with a stuffed tiger body on it by Writtenafterwards— he even stayed longer and let us shoot an extra shot! Thank you so much, Kageki-sensei.
With this, we have our complete TOKONE catalog! These are sold online, and you can ALSO get them at Isetan at my SOEN x Isetan pop-up shop! Remember, it finishes at 8pm on Tuesday so hurry up!!
今回の衣装は、
しかし私が渾身のセレクトで用意したアヴァンギャルドな洋服も、
そしてこの写真を収めたTokoneのブランドカタログがついに
ウチのコラボタイツは真ん中の”Sweet teeth”のもの！ I designed the middle ones “Sweet Teeth” with Tokone ^^
You can pre-order online here . こちらで予約できます