Interview with Hiroshi Fujiwara & Hirofumi Kiyonaga
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Designer and founder of fragment design and retaW
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Hiroshi Fujiwara is a Japanese streetwear designer, musician, prominent streetwear influencer, and founder of fashion label fragment design and home goods brand retaW. Other ventures include projects with the POOL aoyama concept store and snowboarding line AK457. He is known as the ‘Godfather of Harajuku’, who has collaborated with the likes of Nike, Burton, Levi’s, Stussy, Supreme, Converse, and Beats by Dre, as well as with artists like Takashi Murakami, KAWS, and Eric Clapton.
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Uniform Experiment is a new Japanese label by global trend setter Hiroshi Fujiwara and the creative director of SOPH., Hirofumi Kiyonaga. Together they have created a more mature line of clothing which involves suits and ties that are targeted towards the Japanese streetwear crowd that have grown up. Honeyee has conducted an interview on the duo about their thoughts and inspiration behind Uniform Experiment. Fortunately, the interview is done in English so most of us can read it so check out Honeyee for the interview.
In addition, if you want a preview of Uniform Experiment, you can pick up the lately copy of the Honeyee magazine.
The brand AFFA brand created by Hiroshi Fujiwara and Jun Takahashi recently created a co-branded pair of denim with Fenom. While some instances of Fenom denim features the Fragment double lightning bolt logo, this one is replaced by that of the AFFA skull logo. Both raw black and raw indigio washes are available and can currently be bought at various Undercover stores around Japan.
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AFFA (Anarchy Forever Forever Anarchy) is the brainchild of Fragment Design’s Hiroshi Fujiwara and Undercover’s Jun Takahashi. They recently released this AF7A10 UA hoody. Constructed of Angora wool, the use of this material ensures a soft and silky feel. Three different colors include, black, navy blue and gray. Available now at the hnyee.store.
Two big Japanese personalities, Hiroshi Fujiwara (of Fragment Design) and Hirofumi Kiyonaga (of Sophnet.) are at the forefront of a new collection titled uniform experiment. The more mature collection features sweaters, suits, pants, ties and other accessories created in painstaking detail. Here’s a quick preview, with more to come for the 2008 Spring season.
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AFFA (Anarchy Forever Forever Anarchy) was originally conceived in 1994 by the two Japanese heavyweights, Hiroshi Fujiwara (of Fragment Design) and Jun Takahasi (of Undercover). Each AFFA release is often quite secretive and created in extremely low quantities. This latest release features a button-up shirt and 3/4 raglan shirt. Both shirts incorporate a familiar AFFA design with the grid print.
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