Michael Bastian nọrọ ọtụtụ oge na Tokyo n'afọ gara aga. "Anọwo m na-eche banyere Japan nwa oge," onye mmebe ahụ kwuru na studio West Side Highway otu ụbọchị tupu ọ gaa n'okporo ụzọ ụgbọ elu. Kpọmkwem, ọ nọ na-eche banyere otú ndị ikom Japan — karịsịa, ndị editọ na ndị na-azụ ahịa na-aga Florence ama ama Pitti Uomo tradeshow — were Italian, English, na American imewe ntụnyere na ọkwa ọzọ. O kwuru, sị: "Ha na-esite n'ọdịbendị kacha mma nke ọ bụla ma mee ka ọ dịkwuo mma. "Ndị otu Japan na-akụ ya."
Ya mere, mgbe Fall 2014 bụ nnọọ ihe gbasara "okomoko America" maka Bastian-ọ bụ ezie na, olee mgbe ọ bụghị?—ọ na-ele echiche ndị ahụ site na oghere Japanese. "Reverse Take Ivy," ka o kwuru, na-ezo aka na akwụkwọ foto ụmụ akwụkwọ Ivy League nke Teruyoshi Hayashida dere. Bastian chọrọ ka isi na Japan bụrụ aghụghọ. N'ozuzu, ha abụghị, ma nke ahụ adịghị emebi. Sweta zip-elu egwuregwu nwere ugwu Fuji nke a kpara n'azụ na ikuku ikuku nke ejiri akwa kimono dragọn kpara akpa nwere ike ịbụ nke nkịtị, mana ha bụkwa ihe otu n'ime ụdị kpakpando Pitti n'okporo ámá ga-eyi. Dị ka turtleneck burgundy nke were ụbọchị iri atọ iji were aka na-akpakọba ọnụ. E ji mkpụrụ ego Edo-oge nke Japan dị 150, beads aventurine 140, beads iri asatọ na ihe karịrị 600 ndị ọzọ dị ntakịrị mee akụkụ nke sweta ahụ. Mmasị nke mkpokọta ahụ dị na nkọwapụta, ma ọ bụ mkpụrụ osisi oroma nke dabara n'úkwù nke otu ụzọ slippers emebere na mmekorita ya na Stubbs & Wootton, obere rịbọn nke ejiri akwa kimono mee nke etinyere na lapel nke blazers, ma ọ bụ. Nnukwu anụ na-eku ume ọkụ gbakọrọ na sweta cashmere.
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