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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02. In your early teens, you start to become interested in music and fashion.
When I entered junior high school, I joined the volleyball club. At the time, there was a TV show called "Road to Munich" that combined anime with a documentary, and volleyball was very popular. My older brother played soccer, so I wanted to do something different. However, I didn't find it interesting, so I quit after six months and switched to the soccer club.
At the time, my older brother was crazy about Carol, and influenced by him, I would grab the microphone and sing Carol's "Funky Monkey Baby" on the bus to ski school or on field trips. I was quite a precocious junior high school student.
I first became interested in fashion in my upper elementary school years. My older brother went to university in Kyoto, but he was coming home for the Golden Week holidays in May of his first year, so I went to pick him up at Nagano Station. He showed up wearing a lettered cardigan, ascot tie, and Rayban sunglasses, and I thought, "How cool!" No one in Nagano dressed like that. So I begged my mother to buy me a button-down shirt.
Also, speaking of fashion, I saw Hideki Saijo wearing patchwork jeans on TV, so I patched together similar ones using hand-me-downs from my older brother and sister. My mother taught me how to sew. Jeans fabric is stiff, so I ended up breaking the needle on my sewing machine several times, and my mother got mad at me, saying, "What are you doing?"
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Yoshio Wakatsuki (director)
Born in Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture in 1962, he is a member of DRUMCAN, a company that produces music concerts and art exhibitions, primarily for the Paris and Tokyo Collections. He is a professional who has supported various brands as a director for over 40 years. He has committed himself to remaining active throughout his life, adhering to the aesthetics of being a behind-the-scenes worker, and continues to create new creations today.
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