Editorial

Long conversations with the people behind the brands: how they make things, and why.

URUHA wardrobe made for the in-betweenThe designer, Kanako Ohmori, had spent her whole career in the apparel industry. She studied at an art college in Kyoto, then taught herself in London: an internship at A Child of the Jago, the label co-founded by Vivienne Westwood's son, and hand-stitching on…In conversation with Kanako Ohmori (Designer) and Ritsuko Matsuyama (Co-Founder)Read the feature →

TOCTPutting kintsugi back on the bodyTOCT did not begin as a jewellery brand. It began as a private practice. Before the company existed, Miyake had been doing kintsugi for some…Shinto TowelPreserving Senshu's Towel TraditionShinto Towel did not begin as a lifestyle brand. The company was founded in 1907 in Senshu, one of Japan's main towel-producing regions in…WaphytoThe power of NatureThe name joins wa, an old name for Japan, with phyto, the Greek for plant. The method comes from the phytotherapist Atsuko Morita, who…AMOSKEAGHistory Reworked Through fabricBefore it was a contemporary label, Amoskeag was one of the great names of American textiles. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company was…FILL THE BILLBuilt on Archival ResearchFILL THE BILL does not build its collections around seasonal themes. It works from an archive of garments, images and cultural references…