Due to extensive restoration triggered by the 2020 Olympics, Shibuya, a major area in Tokyo, has undergone significant changes over the past few years. This implies that much of the area is presently sterile, but there are still a few surviving backstreets where the old Tokyo’s natural edginess can still be found.
Koji Kamiya managed to charm the street’s several proprietors sufficiently to permit him to keep his fall show that after drinking until the first hours of one like backstreet known as Shibuya Hyakken- dana. As we waited patiently for the performance, the moon began to set, and the izakayas all came to life, with the aroma of yakitori and cigarette smoke dripping through the air.
It was the perfect environment for what Kamiya does, which is, to put it plainly, clothing for Tokyo’s bad guys. The groups of boys who scurried around after the show were well-dressed in leather jackets and neckties, wore shades well past midnight and puffed Marlboros under neon signs, and that’s who Kamiya is for.
This season’s clothing appeared to be made for a group of roguish Shibuya thieves on his airport. Bandanas were slung next to buckle stores on the edges of ripped jeans, models had goth haircuts, black eyes, and cut lips, and Jolly Rogers was written on the backs of merino jackets. Faded fatigues, dirt- colored bombers, and disheveled sweatpants brought the grit, while sweeping coats, delicately beautiful suits, and silky track pants in dark green added a pleasant brush of nighttime glamour.
Kamiya described the set as” Time is Blind,” which he characterized as a reaction to social media, which is famous for producing trends like garbage and which persons then blindly follow. Time continues to pass ( a marching drummer drumming circle provided the soundtrack ).
The area was also a way to rekindle Kamiya’s love of living in the moment and nostalgia for a time Kamiya, who was born in 1995, has previously experienced. The collection, which stomped past coffee shops and bars, which have n’t changed much since the 1970s, likely reflects this.
As we gathered in a small, lantern-lit temple at the end of the road, he said to a gaggle of reporters as he explained how he came up with the topic in the past. The exhibit itself seemed to have a new potential in the makings, despite being as stale as the building was.