![]() ![]() In 1994 Takahashi presented his first runway show for women, which caught the attention of Comme des Garcons founder Rei Kawakubo. International success and Comme des Garcons ![]() Of particular note was Takahashi’s collaboration with Hiroshi Fujiwara of Fragment Design, Anarchy Forever Forever Anarchy, which was heavily influenced by punk designers like Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood and their London store Seditionaries. The store sold American memorabilia and vintage clothing, as well as items made by the founders and their friends. Over the years, Nowhere became a major base at the center of Japan’s Ura-Harajuku (Backstreet or hidden Harajuku) streetwear scene. Takahashi needed a place to sell his clothes, so in 1993 he opened “NOWHERE” with Nigo from BAPE in Tokyo’s Harajuku district. The designer Jun Takahashi at Fashionweek 2019: Sk8thing, who went on to design for BAPE, Billionaire Boys Club and Cav Empt, designed graphics for Undercover’s Spring/Summer 2001 collection and several others over the years, with most of the designs coming from Takahashi himself. After seeing a Comme des Garcons show in the late ’80s, Takahashi decided to enter the fashion industry himself and founded Undercover in 1990. His formative influence was Vivienne Westwood, who, along with Malcolm McLaren, defined the look of the Sex Pistols in the ’70s. It’s no surprise that Takahashi started out as the lead singer of the punk tribute band Tokyo Sex Pistols. Fashion brands: list The story of Undercover: from punk to mainstream ![]()
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