RYOTAMURAKAMI

Designer

Ryota Murakami & Chiaki Murakami

Category

Men’s & Women’s / Clothing

Brand information / About the designer

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

By the time a junior high school student, is interested to wear the clothes, now enjoy that you fashionable.
In such collections and magazines in its extension, it was budding feeling that want to be in nature and designers in to go to know the variety of fashion.
Look at the past of Works especially Martin Margiela among them I remember that it had a strong interest in the work of fashion designer.
Brand RYOTAMURAKAMI we are design activities with two people mother and me.
To make what seems to yourself, fashion and the end that was thinking something, clothes my mother made me an early age is for me
That it is the important fashion, we launched the brand with my mother

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

We have a yearning strongly to runway fashion show, and we want to continue to cherish the dowdy but somewhere warm feeling to hide in the life of ‘YOJYOHAN’. If there are people who buy the clothes in the department store, but some people to shop at the mall. There is life in a variety of vector, and we want to continue to express through fashion the way of life of its people.

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

We’re always thinking.
However, the method does not.
I inspiration from “friends, family, fiction, music, memory”.
I think there are many things that get in that you interact with people among them.

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

Harajuku in the half year, Shinjuku, and I am allowed to participate in the pop-up shop on whether Osaka what store.
If you are brand to our also has interest I think many better from the late teens twenties.
Foreigners also have many people who are interested.

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

It is writtenafterwards that I was allowed to experience an assistant in the past.
Still I was a student, and from looking at the work in the pages of the  magazine, I was looking forward to the announcement of every season collection. Fashion was the brand that has taught me that that’s what free and fun.
After graduation, and I have worked as an assistant, fashion splendor, I was allowed to learn the depth, attitude as a creator.
I look forward to every season announced.

About 2016 S/S collection

―Why have you chosen Tokyo (or MBFWT) as the venue for presenting your collection?

I want to take the buyers and media and communication.
Look at the fashion show, want know.

―What is the concept / image for your brand’s 2016 S/S season?

Season concept「Forgotten clothes us」
Past, two seasons it was making the man of clothes.
This season, make a woman’s clothes and men’s clothes.

―What is your vision for your show / installation?

MBFWT is to participate in the 2016 S / S you will be participating as one brand of “Tokyo New Age”.
While out one of quality as a joint show at the 5 brand, and we want to convey firmly the image as a brand in its.

Future

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

First of all, firmly take the communication with our buyers, and we want to increase the opportunity who can touch the clothes to everyone.
The goal you have seen in the long run, we want to continue to grow into a brand that you can approach towards overseas.

About TOKYO

―What does Tokyo represent for you?

Town full of a wide variety of information up to this point, I think whether not do not much in the world.
The new one is the born-friendly environment.

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

If I look at the Tokyo Tower, I like because remember the feeling that came to very distant when I was moved to Tokyo.

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

WALL harajuku , Theater D , Machida Squirrel Garden , Classic-cafe Shinjuku Rumble