C JEAN presents its first full collection showing in Tokyo. Conceived by founder, designer and artist Chun-Yuan Jean, THE ATELIER IS OPEN continues the brand’s exploration of Becoming, considering how clothing remains in motion through its relationship with the body, material and time. The subtitle BECOMING: BOLÉRO signals a new chapter in C JEAN’s practice; the complete collection and presentation format will be revealed on site. Grounded in C JEAN’s ongoing research into Kyoto rōketsuzome and material transformation, the project also asks how traditional craft may acquire new meaning within contemporary clothing.

Curated by C JEAN founder, designer and artist Chun-Yuan Jean, THREE QUIET ROOMS brings together selected works from BELIEF and SA・TA・NA・MA, extending the brand’s inquiry into belief, memory, craft and the body. BELIEF features C JEAN’s translation of the lacquer vocabulary of Taiwanese urushi artist Wang Ching-Shuang (known in Japan as 王清三; recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays) into contemporary clothing. It also presents bags conceived by C JEAN and made jointly with Wang Ching-Shuang, second-generation Wang Hsien-Chih and third-generation Wang Chun-Wei. SA・TA・NA・MA includes garments developed by C JEAN from hand-dyed rōketsuzome textiles made in collaboration with Hiroyuki Kambayashi of SHOBIEN KYOTO. Across three quiet spaces, material, generations and memory are brought into renewed relation with the contemporary body.