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Fashion Designer and Founder of UNDERCOVER
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Jun Takahashi is a pioneering Japanese fashion designer and the founder of UNDERCOVER. Born in the city of Kiryu in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, Takahashi studied fashion design at the prestigious Bunka Academy of Fashion in Tokyo. While there, Takahashi met NIGO with whom he would found the UNDERCOVER label, with Takahashi continuing to develop the label after graduating in 1991.
With the opening of the influential NOWHERE boutique with NIGO in Harajuku in 1993, UNDERCOVER was placed at the epicenter of the Ura-Harajuku movement, thus establishing Takahashi as one of the most prominent designers in the Japanese fashion scene. In 1994, Takahashi also began a brand called A.F.F.A. with Hiroshi Fujiwara although releases were intermittent, eventually being shelved completely. Heavily influenced by punk music, particularly by The Sex Pistols (he played in a cover band during university called The Tokyo Sex Pistols, and he is nicknamed “Johnio” for his resemblance to frontman Johnny Rotten), Takahashi’s initial collections consisted of ripped up, deconstructed, shredded and patched leather jackets and T-shirts, with his style being described as conceptual and challenging.
Other references range from flower bouquets, A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick, taxidermy and manga. Debuting at Tokyo and Paris Fashion Weeks in 1994 and 2002 respectively, Takahashi won critical acclaim from the likes of Miuccia Prada, Rei Kawakubo and Suzy Menkes, as well as two prestigious prizes awarded by the major Mainichi Shimbun newspaper.
Although Takahashi describes his own aesthetic as “strange, but beautiful,” his designs have also proved commercially successful, netting him coveted relationships with the likes of Uniqlo via the UU label, with Nike under the Gyakusou performance running collection, a limited edition digital camera with Canon, and a stall at Kawakubo’s Dover Street Market. Takahashi is married and has one son, and creates his designs from his studio in Tokyo called Undercoverlab.
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Latest Collections
Having previewed the LO2 Reprint Stadium jacket from the resurrected Nowhere’s Last Orgy 2 line
In a retro of some of their previously released pieces, Jun Takahashi (of UNDERCOVER) and NIGO
UNDERCOVERISM, the sportier sub line from Jun Takahashi’s UNDERCOVER, previews a new watch made
Jun Takahashi’s Japanese fashion brand Undercover recently celebrated the opening of their
These are the latest shirts up for release from AFFA (Anarchy Forever, Forever Anarchy) – an
The Corner has been a strong supporter of Jun Takahashi’s UNDERCOVER helping bring to the light
THINK SILLY caught up with Nigo and Jun Takahashi for an exclusive interview as they prepared
Reuniting for the launch of their new NOWHERE space, we sit down with famed Japanese designers NIGO® and Jun Takahashi for some insight into their latest retail venture.
A heavy-weight contingency was recently in Hong Kong to partake in the recent opening of the
Jun Takahashi previews a couple of designs for Fall/Winter 2009 from his part-time brand AFFA
As the part-time brand of Hiroshi Fujiwara and Jun Takahashi, AFFA (Anarchy Forever Forever
For the upcoming “THE SOUND AND THE FURY in KIRYU” event taking place August 8th, 2009, an
