Tsumori Chisato

Tsumori Chisato is a quirky and vivid high fashion designer, much like her pleasantly interactive website. Tsumori began her career with Issey Miyake after graduating from Tokyo's Bunka Fashion College. The line was originally known as the Issey Sports Line, but it was shortly renamed I.S. Chisato Tsumori Designs. Her unstoppable style, now that she has launched her own label, is a blend of prints, manga, bohemian, and cutesy. TC HOUSE OMOTESANDO, her studio, is located in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Tsumori Chisato advances the concept of fashion/art collaboration with a postmodern perspective; postmodernism is an excellent platform for marketing departments to begin selling garments as art since postmodernist ideas, like marketing concepts, can emerge from anyplace. Tsumori Chisato recognizes what looks good, has a wide range of references (manga, pop culture, mainstream art), and wants to design clothes that she would want to wear and that are entertaining. She has no intention of continuing to explain herself.

Tsumori Chisato, who founded her independent namesake line in the early 1990s, is definitely one of the most prominent modern Japanese fashion designers. ‘Chisato has managed to keep her fashion house's independence as well as her creative freedom after more than two decades on the market.

Born: 1954
Nationality: Japanese
Brand: Tsumori Chisato