Style Resume. Kobayashi Setsumasa #2

Text: Kenichi Aono

Edit: Suzuki Yusuke

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Whether it's fashion, music, or sports, there is a style that only each person can express in any genre. "Style is Everything." That's right, someone once said that style is everything. "Style Resume" is a series of interviews with adults who, as the name suggests, have style, and is updated every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Our 15th guest is Setsumasa Kobayashi, representative of <. . . . .RESEARCH>, a man who follows his own path in everything from outdoor activities to custom bikes.

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02. The process of shoemaking that I learned naturally through seeing.

Our workshop manufactured stiletto pumps and supplied them to a high-end women's shoe store in Ginza. Through that retailer, my father made shoes for Empress Michiko (Empress Emerita Michiko) from 1960 to 1970. Perhaps because of this connection, wealthy people would occasionally come to have their shoes custom-made. They would even go out of their way to come to that filthy workshop (laughs).

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