SS17 Blackmeans Deconstructed Laced Up Shirt Julius From look 13

From look 13

features a jewel-embellished hem—a seamless fusion of utility and ornamentation

dressed in garments inspired by baroque and Victorian styles

Takahiro Miyashita’s Spring/Summer 2007 collection

SS17 Blackmeans Deconstructed Laced Up Shirt Julius From look 13Blackmeans is an English transliteration of burakumin, a term from Japans feudal era used during the Edo period to denote marginalized communities outside the caste system. Jobs such as leatherworking and tanning are stigmatized for their association with death and deemed religiously impure. An irony that mirrors how countercultures have long turned rejection into identity. By adopting this name, founders Yujiro Komatsu, Masatomo Ariga, and Takatomo