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. Updated every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, in the 14th installment, we hear from Wakatsuki Yoshio, a director who continues to be active in fields around the world, about his behind-the-scenes aesthetic.
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11. Go freelance and meet a new generation of designers.
I quit my job but still had no work. At that time, Toshihiro Sato from Shibaura GOLD (a legendary club that opened in 1989) asked me, "If you have free time, why don't you help out with our project?" I replied that I would only do so if they guaranteed me a monthly income, and decided to help out. GOLD offered free meals, so I would go even if I didn't have anything in particular to do (laughs). But even there, I met a lot of different people.
At GOLD, Fumiya (Fujii Fumiya) introduced me to Jonio (Takahashi Jun, designer of UNDERCOVER), and I started working with him from his third collection. Another time, Maruyama Keita (designer of KEITA MARUYAMA) approached me near my house and asked, "I'm doing a show soon, could you help me?" Of course, I accepted without hesitation. The collapse of the bubble economy led to the emergence of new designers like them, and the opportunity to work with them was a major topic of discussion during this period.
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