This is a serial project in which fashion director and stylist Akio Hasegawa has serious conversations with experts from various fields about their work. His second partner is Toshiyuki Tsai, the editor-in-chief of our website "Commune H" and CEO of "Rhino Inc.", which runs "HOUYHNHNM." It's a self-promoting choice, but the two actually have a lot of connections. This will be delivered in two parts.
PROFILE
Fashion director and stylist. He has been involved in the production of the British magazine "MONOCLE" since its launch and built the foundation for its fashion pages. In 2014, he became the magazine's fashion director. He also served as the fashion director of the magazine "Popeye" from 2012 to the fall of 2018. In 2019, he launched the fashion web magazine "AH.H" in collaboration with Houyhnhnm.
Editor. Editor-in-chief of "Commune H", publisher and general editor-in-chief of "HOUYHNHNM". Representative of Rhino Co., Ltd.
A series of interviews about work, "Don't take your work too seriously!!" The setting for this episode is "ØC Tokyo" in Yoyogi-Uehara, which just opened in April this year. Hasegawa-san has been frequenting this place lately, and it's apparently his favorite restaurant.
The person he spoke to in a casual and relaxed atmosphere was Toshiyuki Tsai, the editor-in-chief of this website and CEO of Rhino Inc., which runs "HOUYHNHNM". Apparently, there was something that Mr. Hasegawa had always wanted to ask Mr. Tsai.
Thank you for your time today.
Yes, please.
Do you usually drink a lot of alcohol?
You drink quite a lot.
Where can you drink it?
When I go out to eat or at home.
Do you have a lot of wine?
Yes. I think one bottle per person is just right. But sometimes I drink too much.
Apparently, they had only exchanged casual greetings up until now, so this was the first time they had had a proper conversation. Tsai was an editor at Magazine House's POPEYE from the late 1980s to the early 1990s, so I imagine he and Hasegawa have many mutual acquaintances.
I agree.
I've been wanting to hear from you for a long time about the New England Special Issue of POPEYE, for which you were in charge.
It's kind of embarrassing.
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