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Photo credit: Courtesy of Dressed Undressed[/x_text][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”3/4″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]For SS21, the Dressed Undressed collection unveiled at Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo is a study in beautifully tailored clothing with duality. Clean silhouettes with a masculine undertone are enhanced with feminine touches and bathed in a black and white color palette. The result is a minimalist collection created by designer Takeshi Kitazawa with a genderless essence.

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Photo credit: Courtesy of KoH T[/x_text][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”3/4″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]Themed “Cosmic Dual Forces Plus 27” — the KoH T SS21 collection presented at Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo is soft, light and airy. With a primarily white color palette on linen and silk cotton fabrics, relaxed silhouettes for men and women are accented with soft draping, ruffled touches and moments of beautiful embroidery.

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Photo credit: Courtesy of Keita Maruyama[/x_text][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”3/4″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]For SS21, Keita Maruyama’s collection is themed “Maskuerader” and includes a collaboration with Pitta Mask for this season of Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo. Sustainability plays a big role in the new collection in which archival pieces will be the focus.

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Photo credit: Courtesy of TAAKK[/x_text][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”3/4″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]The TAAKK SS21 collection presented at Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo, titled “Destroying the Common Illusion,” was inspired by Belgian artist René Magritte’s visual representation of the idea of destroying the common illusion, according to the collection notes. The result is a collection created by Takuya Morikawa with inventive and unexpected fabric treatments which present a transformation of the norm. One beautiful example is the blazer/shirt/jacket created for the season ahead.

Throughout the collection there is a a play on softness as seen in the color palette of pale pastels, the relaxed styling of each look, and in the use of fabric with sheer portions in several looks. Even when the color palette darkens to deep blue and black, delicate floral imagery softens each look and adds great visual interest.

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