Michael Bastian yamaze igihe kinini muri Tokiyo umwaka ushize. Umushinga umwe muri sitidiyo ye ya West Side Highway yagize ati: "Natekereje ku Buyapani igihe gito". By'umwihariko, yatekerezaga uburyo abagabo b'Abayapani-cyane cyane abanditsi n'abaguzi bagenda mu bucuruzi buzwi bwa Pitti Uomo bwa Florence - bafata igishushanyo mbonera cy'Ubutaliyani, Icyongereza, n'Abanyamerika. Ati: "Bakuramo ibyiza bya buri muco kandi bikarushaho kuba byiza". “Ikipe y'Ubuyapani irayitera imisumari.”
Noneho, mugihe Fall 2014 yavugaga cyane kuri "American luxe" kuri Bastian-nubwo, ubwo sibyo? - Yarebaga ibyo bitekerezo akoresheje lens ya Yapani. Yavuze ati: “Reverse Fata Ivy”, yerekeza ku gitabo cy'amafoto y'abanyeshuri ba Ivy League cyanditswe na Teruyoshi Hayashida. Bastian yashakaga ko abayapani berekeza mu Buyapani. Muri rusange, ntabwo bari, ariko ibyo ntibyatesheje agaciro. Siporo ya siporo ya siporo hamwe numusozi wa Fuji yometse kumugongo hamwe numuyaga wumuyaga wakozwe mubudodo bwa vintage kimono imyenda ya kimono ishobora kuba yari isanzwe, ariko kandi byari ibintu gusa umwe muba star ba Pitti kumuhanda. Nkuko byari bya burgundy turtleneck byatwaye iminsi mirongo itatu yo kuboha intoki no -kubona. Igice cya Fair Isle igice cya swater cyakozwe mubiceri 150 byabayapani Edo-gihe, amasaro 140 aventurine, amasaro mirongo inani, nibindi bice birenga 600. Ubwiza bw'icyegeranyo bwari mu magambo arambuye, yaba grosgrain ya orange yatondekanye ku kantu kanyerera kakozwe ku bufatanye na Stubbs & Wootton, akadomo gato gakozwe mu mwenda wa kimono kafatishijwe ku gipangu cya blazeri, cyangwa igisimba gihumeka umuriro cyadoze kuri swateri ya cashmere.
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