Undercover

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Takahashi Jun&s fashion is not born out of an excessively intellectualized agenda While not quite populist his generative influences are instead romantic-even gothic A fixture of the Paris collections for more than ten years-plus seventeen uninterrupted seasons in Tokyo prior to that-Takahashi&s life&s work confirms a maturation from self-conscious artifice & rebel pastiche to a steely withering elegance all his own Hailing from Gunma Prefecture like his friend NIGO of A Bathing Ape Takahashi&s long association with the undisputed king of Ura-Harajuku in the early 1990s is now the stuff of local fashion lore But Takahashi would blaze an entirely different path to legend & notoriety The violent rending & hasty reassembly that characterized his early work its calculated imperfections & sutured seams have given way to collections that he himself now calls sexy & feminine UNDERCOVER is insightfully curated with fashion filled chapters devoted to Takahashi&s sketches graphic work collaborations & most innovative designs to date Lavishly illustrated with more than 200 photographs & in-depth essays by fashion writers curators & colleagues this book gives readers first time access into Takahashi&s UNDERCOVER one of the most desired & multidimensional clothing lines in contemporary fashion