KOTA GUSHIKEN

DESIGNER: KOTA GUSHIKEN

A brand specializing in knitwear launched in Fall/Winter 2019.

Based on colorful and expressive knitwear that incorporates the emotions felt through interaction with people into its designs, the brand creates experimental hand-knitwear that sometimes challenges the limits of knitwear expression.

Designer Kota Gushiken graduated from Central Saint Martins Collage of Arts and Design BA(Hons) Knitwear in 2016.

His graduation collection at CSM was selected as one of the “Top 6 Central Saint Martins BA Graduates Of 2016” by the British fashion media The Business Of Fashion, and attracted a lot of attention even before his debut.

During her studies, she did internships at DIOR, Proenza Schouler and Christian Wijnants, and after returning to Japan, she presented her debut collection in Tokyo.

2019秋冬にスタートしたニットウェア専門ブランド

人々とのかかわりの中で感じた感情をデザインに落とし込んだ、色彩と表情豊かなニットウェアを基盤に、時にはニットの表現限界に挑んでいくような実験的なハンドニットを製作している

デザイナーの具志堅幸太は2016年にCentral Saint Martins Collage of Arts and Design BA(Hons) のニットウェア科を卒業

CSMでの卒業コレクションが英ファッションメディアThe Business Of Fashionの「Top 6 Central Saint Martins BA Graduates Of 2016」に選出され、デビュー前からも大きな話題を集めた

在学中にDIORやProenza Schouler、Christian Wijnantsにてインターンシップを経験、帰国後に東京でデビューコレクションを発表した