Michael Bastian adakhala nthawi yayitali ku Tokyo chaka chatha. "Ndakhala ndikuganiza za Japan kwakanthawi," wojambulayo adatero mu studio yake ya West Side Highway tsiku limodzi asanapite ku msewu wonyamukira ndege. Makamaka, amaganizira za momwe amuna a ku Japan - makamaka, okonza ndi ogula omwe amapita ku Florence yotchuka ya Pitti Uomo tradeshow - amatengera zolemba za Chiitaliya, Chingerezi, ndi America pamlingo wina. "Amatengera chikhalidwe chabwino chilichonse ndikuchipangitsa kuti chiwoneke bwino," adatero. "Timu yaku Japan ikuchita bwino."
Kotero, pamene Fall 2014 inali kwambiri za "American luxury" kwa Bastian-ngakhale, sichoncho liti?—iye anali kuyang'ana pa malingaliro amenewo kupyolera mu lens Japanese. "Reverse Take Ivy," adatero, ponena za buku la zithunzi za ophunzira a Ivy League lolemba Teruyoshi Hayashida. Bastian ankafuna kuti mitu ya ku Japan ikhale yochenjera. Kawirikawiri, iwo sanali, koma izo sizinasokoneze. Sweti yamasewera ya zip-up yokhala ndi Phiri la Fuji yolukidwa kumbuyo ndi chotchingira mphepo chopangidwa ndi nsalu ya kimono yopekedwa ndi chinjoka chikhoza kukhala chenicheni, koma zinalinso zinthu zomwe mmodzi mwa nyenyezi zamtundu wa Pitti angavale. Monga momwe zinalili burgundy turtleneck yomwe inatenga masiku makumi atatu kuti alukidwe pamanja ndi -mikanda. Mbali ya Fair Isle ya swetiyi idapangidwa ndi ndalama za 150 za Edo za ku Japan, mikanda 140 ya aventurine, mikanda ya jade makumi asanu ndi atatu, ndi tiziduswa tating'ono topitilira 600. Kukongola kwa zosonkhanitsazo kunali mwatsatanetsatane, kaya ndi grosgrain ya lalanje yomwe inagwirizanitsa nsonga za ma slippers opangidwa mogwirizana ndi Stubbs & Wootton, riboni yaying'ono yopangidwa kuchokera ku nsalu ya kimono yomwe imamangiriridwa pa lapel ya blazers, kapena chilombo chozimitsa moto chosokedwa pa juzi la cashmere.
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