{"id":20562,"date":"2025-03-21T21:13:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T12:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rakutenfashionweektokyo.com\/en\/?post_type=information&p=20562"},"modified":"2025-03-22T00:56:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T15:56:49","slug":"art_20250320_01","status":"publish","type":"information","link":"https:\/\/rakutenfashionweektokyo.com\/en\/topics\/information\/art_20250320_01\/","title":{"rendered":"Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO 2025 A\/W3\/20(Thu.) Day 4 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO (Rakuten FWT) 2025 A\/W (organized by Japan Fashion Week Organization (JFWO)) entered its fourth day today. Here is a report on the highlights of the fourth day, including brands that presented the night before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brands that presented on Wednesday 3\/19 –<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Smith<\/a> (by R) (19:00\uff5e) Tokyo National Museum Hyokeikan<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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As part of the “by R” project, which aims to empower the Japanese fashion scene, Paul Smith held a runway show in Tokyo during this season\u2019s Fashion Week. The show was held at Hyokeikan in Ueno, an important cultural property. Media representatives as well as celebrities Tsubasa Honda, Kenichi Takito, and Lily Franky came to celebrate the special night.
On the runway, the brand unveiled new pieces including an original composition exclusive to by R, adding women’s looks to the men’s collection that was unveiled in Paris in January 2025. The collection focused on the works and styles of some of the most representative photographers of the 20th century. The texture and unique contrast of black-and-white photography was incorporated into the color palette. Items with prints based on photographs of wild daisies taken by photographer Harold B. Smith, Paul Smith’s father, were also featured in the collection as an homage to his major influence on the designer.
The show opened with the brand’s iconic and playful multi-stripe look. While based on classic styles such as tailored items, the show was still full of Paul Smith’s playful touches, such as stripes over checks, and dark green over bright orange. The masculine style of the women’s\u2019 shirts and ties were also not to be missed. Last but not least, Mr. Paul himself appeared with a beaming smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Limited edition by R products are now on sale on the Rakuten Fashion shopping site. The lineup includes T-shirts, socks, and tumblers decorated with orchids taken from Paul’s own photographs. The bold shirt with a colorful inkjet of the orchid motif which featured on the runway is also available, so please click on the link below to see for yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Smith by R limited edition product page:
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–\u00a0 Brands that presented today, Thursday 3\/20\u00a0 –<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

KEISUKEYOSHIDA<\/a> (14:00\uff5e) Rosa Kaikan<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Ikebukuro Rosa is an entertainment building that houses a movie theater, a game center, a bowling alley, and even more entertainment. The pale pink building with the large rose logo is an iconic symbol of the Ikebukuro West Exit. Designer Yoshida, who was a \u201clatchkey\u201d child, had spent many childhood days at the location filling his loneliness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the past several seasons, the designer had been searching for a kind of surreal image of women that we envision in our hearts, expressed through stoic shapes and elegance. This season, as the final stage of the project and the first step toward the next stage, the designer has turned their attention to realistic women’s wear that is grounded in reality. The selection of more comfortable fabrics and slightly more gradual shapes are eye-catching. However, there is still a sense of tension that could be described as an element of the brand’s character. The rose patterns, which looks like something you would find in a madam’s boutique in the city, is used on bags and skirts, and the silver paper of chewing gum was transformed into earrings. The elegance that abounds in everyday life was picked up one by one and incorporated into the items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The models came down from the second floor, through a narrow corridor, past a game arcade that was open for business, and back onto the runway. If the designer had come across this scene as a child, how would his muses have looked into his eyes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SATORU SASAKI<\/a> (14:00-) TODA Hall & Conference Tokyo Hall A<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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SATORU SASAKI, winner of the TOKYO FASHION AWARD 2025, held their first runway show as a brand. Designer Sasaki, who loves art, and especially painting, chose Mark Rothko, a representative of abstract expressionism, as his source of inspiration for this season. With the theme of \u201cPrimitive Future,\u201d he presented a powerful collection with the key colors of red and orange, which are symbolic of his work. The runway also included a mix of \u201cSASAKI SATORU,\u201d a men\u2019s line launched in the 24AW season.
The brand\u2019s signature style is a beautiful silhouette that quietly corrects the lines of the body without making you feel the weight of the material. The classic panel dress is layered in two pieces to evoke the sequence of colors in Rothko\u2019s works.
Loop-knit hand-knit items mixed three different colors and two different yarn counts to recreate the textural feel and gradation of the painter\u2019s works. The checkered coat, which looked as if it has been painted on, was needlepunched by a craftsman using a sewing machine. The use of nuanced materials shone through this season as well.
Mr. Sasaki’s core wish for this project was to “see things with emotion, not logic.” This is something we forget before we even realize, as we tend to think we are “critical” by twisting and turning things around with “what is and what is not.” Look and listen with emotion, and face your heart head on. It will remind you of the feeling of being in the Rothko Room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HEAVEN TANUDIREDJA<\/a> (18:00-) World Kita-Aoyama Bldg.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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