Yohji, Jr.? Meet designer Teppei Fujita of menswear label Sulvam

12 Wednesday Apr 2017

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Teppei Fujita, graduate of the famed Bunka Fashion College in Tokyo,

is the creative force behind menswear brand Sulvam.

He is a fashion disciple of consummate designer Yohji Yamamoto.

Prior to the launch of Sulvam in 2013,

Mr. Fujita worked as a pattern maker for Yohji Yamamoto.

While in this role, he refined his craft for melding fine tailoring with elements of

urban streetwear aesthetics and styling: a signature Yamamoto characteristic.

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designer, Tappei Fujita

(image from pitti imagine)

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Mr. Fujita, shows both in Paris and in Tokyo.

He is particularly keen to further international interest

in Tokyo Fashion Week, which no doubt will be generated by enthusiasm

over his future creations.

His is a design principle of a fashion fluid attitude:

oversized silhouette

tailored details

various textile content / colours

agender aspect (a non-gender specific look)

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Sulvam

by Tappei Fujita

a/w 2017

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Bonjour á tous! : Regardez- runway favourites from Paris Fashion Week (PFW) a / w 2016

10 Thursday Mar 2016

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Paris Fashion Week (PFW)

is the last leg on the fashion calendar journey of

four city runway collection viewing:

first stop- spotlight New York Fashion Week (NYFW)

next- the wild, weird, wonderful of London Fashion Week (LFW)

then- it’s the effortless style factor of Milan Fashion Week (MFW)

and now, finally

the cool sophistication and modern innovation of Paris Fashion Week (PFW).

Allez! It’s showtime.

Runway run-away favourites from PFW, a / w 2016

from Esteban Cortazar

chocolate brown leather jacket

canary yellow fuzzy wuzzy sleeves

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from Issey Miyake

psychedelic swirls

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from Jacquemus

of exaggerated proportions

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from Balenciaga

it’s all in the hips

oversized overcoat, wide width hip detail

quilted stitch scarf

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from Comme des Garcons

samurai armour-esque

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from Stella McCartney

(t) outerwear layering

(b) cropped puffer

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from Miu Miu

denim of an Edwardian age

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from Sacai

shearling and sheer : jacket and dress

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from Iris van Herpen

sculptural / dimensional

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from Ellery

denim trousers: wide leg and flounce

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from Acne Studios

latex bodysuit

one-shoulder tartan pattern outerwear/ signature piece

soft knit leggings / top

$pfw, a16, acne studios, latex body suit, one shoulder tartan outerwear, vogue$

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from Maison Rabih Kayrouz

avant-garde trouser suiting

inventive collar / pocket detail

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from Haider Ackermann

flourescent brights

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from Yang Li

one shoulder exposed coat-dress

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from Kenzo

feminine flair

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from Camilla and Marc

white tux lux

layered

double breast jacket with black buttons

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from Veronique Branquinho

Renaissance dress meets Wendy Adams

AiB (all in black) / stiff, high-neck, lace collar

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À bientôt, PFW

Bonjour, Paris : Menswear Fashion Week- Fall 2015, returns to the La Ville Lumière! (part 2)

23 Friday Jan 2015

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Variety is the spice of life

and is also a key ingredient on the fashion menu.

Served on the Paris runways of Menswear Fashion Week- Fall 2015

is an array of fashion pieces designed and styled

to please the discerning fashion connoisseur

as well as the budding fashion enthusiast.

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Of particular interest this menswear fashion season

are design twists in:

trouser silhouettes and styling

sleeveless outwear and luxe layering

blurred lines of gender specific dress.

Je l’aime.

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Paris Fashion Week- menswear Fall 2015

Runway highlights

(images from style):

Balmain

by Olivier Rousteing

Indulgence

Off the ramp: decadent skater boy

(note the “Balmain does Van” trainers)

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by Dries Van Noten

Genderless dress

Favlook – Lookfav Focus Favourite: everything about this collection!

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by Yohji Yamamoto

A Yamamoto statement

oversising, textural, black as signature colour

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by Phillip Lim

Multiplicity

suiting with outer belt cinch

rope wide weave shirt, sleeveless cover with zip and strap detail

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From Viktor & Rolf

by Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren

An Essential: lightweight roll top jumper under any and all looks

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from Ann Demeulemeester

by Sebastien Meunier

Overcoat options

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And that’s a wrap! : Au revoir Paris Fashion Week (PFW) and Fashion Month s/s 2015

01 Wednesday Oct 2014

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Givenchy, Miu Miu, Moon Young Hee, Sacai, Sonia Rykiel, spring/summer 2015, Stella McCartney, Veronica Branquinho

With the conclusion of Paris Fashion Week

Fashion Month, s/s 2015

has come to an end.

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The fashion glitterati are jetting home and

the runway lights are dimmed until

next year’s reveal of designer collections.

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And so, my final installment of favourite looks for

Paris Fashion Week, s/s 2015

Cue the runway.

Take 3!

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Sacai

by designer Chitose Abe

layering, textural, mixed fabrication, asymmetry

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Sonia Rykiel

by designer Julie de Libran

feminine, relaxed, understated

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by designer Veronique Branquinho

soft chambray, voluminous trousers

and loving the twisted rope belt

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by designer Stella McCartney

loose fit, ease, classic

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Givenchy

by designer Riccardo Tisci

warrior princess

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Miu Miu

by designer Miuccia Prada

eye-catching outerwear

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by designer Moon Young Hee

structural, oversizing, subdued colour palette

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‘And That’s all Folks!’

Focus: men’s graphic outerwear for a/w 2014 from Moncler Gamme Rouge

06 Thursday Mar 2014

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For PFW – a/w 2014, Italian born French fashion designer

Giambattista Valli for Moncler Gamme Rouge

(image from purple.fr):

designer Giambattista Valli

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presented outerwear for men (and ladies),

which exudes an uber urban pulse.

With prints and line patterns,

the outerwear held the spotlight.

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Models sported leggings,

sneaker fashion, knit beanies and

Jamiroquai – inspired hats.

There also appeared to be a brief homage to

UPS – brown/ yellow stripe uniform dress.

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Moncler Gamme Rouge

PFW, a/w 2014

The Collection

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Graphics and Stripes:

(images from fashionising):

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Jamiroquai – esque headwear:

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In uniform … UPS brown/yellow detail:

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Sweet couture … Chanel for PFW, a/w 2014

05 Wednesday Mar 2014

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Fashion month for a/w 2014

is almost at its end.

It it seems that some of the yummiest

have been saved for last.

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Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel

(image from businessoffashion.com):

presented a collection to whet the ‘must have it’ appetite:

– supermarket bonanza themed runway show

– colour and texture in perfect harmony

– featuring trainer footwear fashion

– so many fun looks from which to choose

– and the Grade A selections are:

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(images from style.com):

suited up

body knit:

mellow melon

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cranberry red

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bedazzling carrier:

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tummy exposure:

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bright coats:

banana yellow ‘a peel’

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zesty lime

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accessory accents:

knee high lace up trainers and woven bag

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in a bit of a hole

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evening aisle:

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confection perfection:

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Of quiet elegance … Maison Rabih Kayrouz for PFW, a/w 2014

03 Monday Mar 2014

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Drapery

Layering

Simplicity

Oversizing

Textural

Movement

Checks

Iridescent print

Subdued colours: black, white, navy

with an injection of burgundy –

descriptives for the a/w 2014 collection of

designer Rabih Kayrouz

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(image from meltyfashion.fr):

womenswear designer Rabih Kayrouz

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M. Kayrouz was born in Lebanon and educated at the

Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne

In 2008, he launched a couture line and

was a guest designer of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture.

However, since 2012 he has redirected his design efforts

to ready to wear fashion.

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French Elle Magazine named M. Kayrouz as one of

the emerging design talents of 2011.

He is of definite note on the fashion radar.

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His collection for Paris Fashion Week, a/w 2014

is elegant, controlled, functional, wearable

The separates are interchangeable, allowing for

a versatility of dress options –

a welcomed feature of any collection.

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Of particular favourites are the skirt/top ensembles

and the deep burgundy oversized coloured coat.

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Maison Rabih Kayrouz

The Collection, a/w 2014

(images from fashionisingcom):

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More than a hint of colour: Yohji Yamamoto, PFW – a/w 2014

02 Sunday Mar 2014

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The master of asymmetry, voluminous layering, Zen-like clothing and

black as statement colour –

Yohji Yamamoto

(image from wwd.com):

offers a collection of colour and print vibrancy,

a graffiti-esque, painterly quality

which remains true to the expected of

Mr. Yamamoto’s design aesthetics.

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The pieces were of exaggerated proportions –

larger than life,

so to the imagery of the prints.

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Some prints seem reminiscent of a Hieronymus Bosch painting –

though not based on interpreting a narrative of a Bosch work, rather

capturing the intent:

on style … chaos, frenetic energy

on manner … fantastical

on scale … abstract/unreal

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(image from cargocollective.com):

The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail) 1503/04

by Hieronymus Bosch

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(image from everyhistory.org):

Last Judgement (detail) 1504-1508

by Hieronymus Bosch

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There appears also elements of surrealism akin to Salvador Dali:

(image from tufts.edu):

The Persistence of Memory (1931) by Salvador Dali

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Mr. Yamamoto also features knitwear in this collection,

which he has presented in the past –

and to a similar effect: body conscious and inventive.

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Yet it is the liberal use of colour and

the manner in which it translates, which provokes/intrigues.

The intense use colour and imagery ignites

new discussion on Yohji Yamamoto’s design philosophy.

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Yohji Yamamoto

Paris Fashion Week, a/w 2014

The Collection

(images from fashionising):

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Un jour de PFW – a/w 2014

27 Thursday Feb 2014

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autumn/winter 2014, dries van noten, Gareth Pugh, Paris Fashion Week, ready to wear, Rochas by Alessandro Dell'Acqua, runway specials, Yang Li

Runway specials from

Paris Fashion Week – a/w 2014

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Dries Van Noten

graphics

Belgian designer, Dries Van Noten offers

hypnotic swirls, vibrant prints

flattering silhouettes, maximum wearability

Gareth Pugh

ice queen

With a restricted colour palette of stark white, steel grey, cool cream –

the collection emanated a sense of austerity, foreboding.

Experimentation with form, scale, volume is in evidence –

as to be expected of British designer, Gareth Pugh

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Rochas by Alessandro Dell’Acqua

lady-like and no nonsense

For his debut collection for Rochas,

Italian designer, Alessandro Dell’Acqua does not disappoint:

oversizing, pops of strong colour, style-cinching accessories

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Yang Li

a bit of attitude

Beijing born, Central Saint Martins educated,

designer Yang Li interned with Gareth Pugh –

note any influences? –

sculptural, colours with depth

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Hobo-chic creation from Junya Watanabe, a/w 2013

20 Wednesday Nov 2013

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The American hobo was a man without roots.

Never residing too long in any one location.

Happy to find work, committing just long enough

to earn rail fare to the next destination-

wherever that may be.

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A hobo lead an itinerant existence:

living each day as it comes,

fixed only on the present.

The past a distant memory,

the future in the distant and not foreseeable.

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With just the clothes worn

and a small parcel containing all possessions

the hobo travelled light –

free to move from town to town

as suited.

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(image from motherjones.com):

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For Paris Fashion Week, menswear a/w 2013

designer Junya Watanabe

captured the spirit of

hobo life:

travel

freedom

adventurous

raffish

self-reliant

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Mr. Watanabe layered patchwork pieces

and accessorised with wool felt bowler hats.

(No suitcases necessary, wearing all on one’s back.)

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Junya Watanabe

a/w 2013

The Collection

(images from fashionising):

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Category Archives: Paris Fashion Week

Yohji, Jr.? Meet designer Teppei Fujita of menswear label Sulvam

Sulvam

Bonjour á tous! : Regardez- runway favourites from Paris Fashion Week (PFW) a / w 2016

Runway run-away favourites from PFW, a / w 2016

À bientôt, PFW

Bonjour, Paris : Menswear Fashion Week- Fall 2015, returns to the La Ville Lumière! (part 2)

Paris Fashion Week- menswear Fall 2015

Runway highlights

And that’s a wrap! : Au revoir Paris Fashion Week (PFW) and Fashion Month s/s 2015

Focus: men’s graphic outerwear for a/w 2014 from Moncler Gamme Rouge

Sweet couture … Chanel for PFW, a/w 2014

Of quiet elegance … Maison Rabih Kayrouz for PFW, a/w 2014

More than a hint of colour: Yohji Yamamoto, PFW – a/w 2014

Un jour de PFW – a/w 2014

Hobo-chic creation from Junya Watanabe, a/w 2013

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