The artist has built one of the most recognizable airbrush aesthetics in the game — with a compressor in hand, sumi ink in his roots, and rap and fashion’s upper echelons knocking at his door.
Kiichiro Asakawa’s gift is creating a rarefied version of the familiar. Ten years in, his label ssstein has turned that instinct into one of fashion’s most discerning labels.
Photographer
Dean MartindaleInterviewer
Miles DuganDesigner
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