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sugoku ii; In Japanese, that means "supercool"-which new Tokyo label Ganryu certainly is.(Brief article)
Byline: Mark Holgate
When Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons singled out Fumito Ganryu to be given his own label this past summer, she did it without any fanfare. The 31-year-old Fukuoka native, who had up till that point been a pattern cutter for Junya Watanabe, was installed in his own office and left to get on with it.
And get on with it he did. Ganryu's first collection comprises deconstructed hoodies, rabbit-print tee dresses, and lei-like necklaces made up from a multitude of calico dolls. In short, it's Tokyo 2007 in microcosm, with American streetwear (an ...
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