BALMUNG

Designer

Hachi

Category

Men’s & Women’s (Unisex) / Ready To Wear

Brand information / About the designer

―What inspired you to become a fashion designer? Describe developments leading up to the brand launch.

I’ve always loved fashion since I was a junior high school student, and when I realized that I could do a job that would design fashion if I wanted to work in the future, I started to admire it.

―What is the brand’s concept? What do you want to communicate through fashion designing?

I would like to have a dialogue.I would be happy if the person who received the present day feels something from my point of view as a designer and feels something and interprets it.

―What is your source of inspiration in creating fashion? What is your process of developing a design concept?

Rather than things like movies and texts, walking and touching the city with your own body and senses to see and feel the history and style of the region, country and religion. Inspired by the time you grew up in the stack of places.

―Who are your current stockists (areas, retail formats, etc.)? Describe the typical followers of your brand.

In Japan, there are several select shops in Tokyo, local select shops, and pop-up at department stores. There are stores in Asia and the Middle East. There are various customers of men and women, and customers who like it because of the balance between body shape and clothes, customers who like clothes at the entrance to various communities related to the brand, and so on.

―Which brands, designers, styles and cultures have had the most impact on your fashion designing, and why?

I think it was greatly influenced by Harajuku in the mid-2000s.

About 2020 S/S collection

―Why have you chosen Tokyo (Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO) as the venue for presenting your collection?

By participating in a fashion show at this time, I hope to be able to deliver what has been cultivated as a brand in a new form.

―What is the concept / image for your brand’s 2020 S/S season?

The 20SS season has been inspired by a collection that has been developed in the form of clothes and balance that have been developed with themes and details of myself that have been going on for several seasons.

―What is your vision for your show / installation?

I would like to show an installation-like element in a show.

Future

―What are your brand’s future outlook and goal?

In the future, I would like to expand the features of the silhouettes and clothes of our design.

About TOKYO

―What does Tokyo represent for you?

It’s like the mountain, like the forest. The place like Various ecosystems are intertwined. The word collage is better than the word mix for this feeling about Tokyo.

―Which parts / sites of Tokyo do you like most? Why?

Every place has its own good points. Every place has different aspects and I like it everywhere. I especially like the mysterious atmosphere around the high-rise buildings at the west exit of Shinjuku.

―What are your favorite / recommended shops (of any genres, e.g. fashion stores, homeware stores, food services), facilities and sites?

Tokyo Metropolitan Government building.