KAKAN
BRAND
KAKAN
[Established year] 2024
Brand Concept:
When wearing clothes, you can feel and follow the designers’ thoughts.
The comfort and pain I feel everyday, are expressed in my creation. “Wear KAKAN.” I design and enjoy making the clothes, hoping that each choice will be an opportunity to live life as you want and as you are.
KAKAN pursues clothing as “sculpture in motion,” placing great importance on the intimate relationship between handcraft and the body. Drawing inspiration from nature, ecosystems, and people’s emotional narratives, the brand creates garments that allow the wearer to quietly face themselves. Knitwear forms the core of each collection. In its signature 〈HAND SPUN〉series, KAKAN carries out the entire process in-house, from spinning raw wool into yarn to knitting the final garment. Another defining characteristic of KAKAN’s clothing is its "lightness." Even hand-knitted long coats weigh approximately less than 1kg, achieving a remarkably light and effortless feel despite the depth of craftsmanship.
Brand Concept:
When wearing clothes, you can feel and follow the designers’ thoughts.
The comfort and pain I feel everyday, are expressed in my creation. “Wear KAKAN.” I design and enjoy making the clothes, hoping that each choice will be an opportunity to live life as you want and as you are.
KAKAN pursues clothing as “sculpture in motion,” placing great importance on the intimate relationship between handcraft and the body. Drawing inspiration from nature, ecosystems, and people’s emotional narratives, the brand creates garments that allow the wearer to quietly face themselves. Knitwear forms the core of each collection. In its signature 〈HAND SPUN〉series, KAKAN carries out the entire process in-house, from spinning raw wool into yarn to knitting the final garment. Another defining characteristic of KAKAN’s clothing is its "lightness." Even hand-knitted long coats weigh approximately less than 1kg, achieving a remarkably light and effortless feel despite the depth of craftsmanship.
DESIGNER
Kakan Kudo
Born in Tokyo in 1998. Studied Fine Art and Fashion Accessories at Central Saint Martins, exploring the relationship and ecosystem between thought and sensibility as embodied in form. She later moved to Milan, a city where aesthetic sensibilities are deeply woven into everyday life, and specialized in Fashion Design at Istituto Marangoni. After gaining experience at Yohji Yamamoto, CHANEL, and POLA ORBIS, she launched her eponymous brand, KAKAN, in 2024. In the same year, she established Franca Inc. as the operational foundation of the brand.