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UNDERCOVERISM 2012–13 Fall/Winter portrait feature The Men Who Wear Undercoverism, photographed by Taro Mizutani with text by Issey Enomoto.
NIKE 1999 LATE SPRING WOMEN'S FOOTWEAR CATALOG
Full catalog download link available below and through the server page alongside an index of all available docs.
Nike 1999 Spring Men's Footwear Catalog
The Nike 1999 Spring Men’s Footwear Catalog presents a range of performance models across running, training, basketball, and outdoor categories. Designs reflect late-1990s emphasis on visible cushioning systems, sculpted midsoles, and bold color blocking, with products positioned for both competitive use and everyday wear.
full catalog download link below and through the server page.
Streetwear The Insider's Guide by Steven Vogel, 2007
Download Streetwear: The Insider's Guide by Steven Vogel PDF
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Haven Shop Buying Session Archives
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Comme des Garçons Fall 1993 ready-to-wear moves between fractured tailoring, graphic panels, reflective surfaces, floral and plaid clashes, and increasingly fluid asymmetric layers. Across 89 looks, Rei Kawakubo builds contrast through muted tailoring, metallic textiles, deep purple, pale pastels, and vivid printed passages while maintaining a continuous conversation between structure and drape.
Silent Poets for Issey Miyake
Silent Poets for Issey Miyake Spring/Summer 2001 is a hardcover lookbook photographed by Françoise Huguier. It presents imagery from Issey Miyake’s Spring/Summer 2001 collection and includes the collaboration CD Red Eyes Tribe at the back of the book. Japanese electronic duo Silent Poets produced the music for the runway show.
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The members of Junior M.A.F.I.A. met as childhood friends of The Notorious B.I.G. All the members were under the age of twenty when the group was formed. The group was composed of three separate groups and two individual artists. The 6s, or 666, (Lil' Caesar, Bugsy, Capone, Chico, and Nino Brown) who claim to know right from wrong and practice it; the Sixes knew Biggie before he was rapping (the other members other than Lil' Kim were added on to the group but still were very close to Biggie). The Snakes (cousins Larceny and Trife) who represent the enraged attitude expressed in a large number of America’s youth, MC Klepto, who offered insight on a life of “boostin' and hustlin'”, and Lil' Kim, (a.k.a Big Momma or The Lieutenant), the only female in the group, who showed the ghetto life from a woman’s point of view. The Notorious B.I.G. acted as the "godfather" to the group.
Distinct Life x USUAL Custom Akai MPC 2500
This harmonious collaboration between Distinct Life and USUAL pays homage to the late great producer via a custom creation rendition of the MPC 2500 — an instrument made popular by J. Dilla.
Hiroshi Fujiwara AFFA feature in i-D Magazine March 1994
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou SS2011 4/5 Length Pant
These pants a cut slightly shorter for better running comfort. Great for slightly harsher weather conditions. Insideout construction for seamless fit inside. From the Nike Running Gyakusou collection. Made in Japan.
YR6375 Smackit Jacket in The Face May 1999
Issey Miyake Spring/Summer 1999 — A-POC Runway
UNDERCOVER ss2011 "UNDERMAN" Collection
Maison Martin Margiela lookbook photographed by Mark Borthwick, 1999
Avirex x Fragment Design MA-1 Jacket
Jun Tahashi photographed by Junko Yoda for Mastered.jp interview
Comme des Garçons × Undercover Felicitations 25 Leather Jacket
Undercover × Uniqlo UU Fleece Jacket
UNDERCOVER: 30TH ANNIVERSARY LEATHER DOWN JACKETS
In 2021 designer Jun Takahashi has turned to some of his long-time friends in the Tokyo fashion scene to offer their take on UC’s signature hybrid style with a series of leather sleeve down jackets with various mixed materials and detailing. Created in partnership with peers sacai, Kolor, Fragment design, TheSoloist and N.Hoolywood. The jackets all take a different tact to exploring the same style of garment.
4503 JOHNUNDERCOVER Pant
Back detail from the 4503 pant from JOHNUNDERCOVER's "Cold Blood" Collection.
fragment design x Starbucks Limited Edition Black Coffee Mugs
Undercoverism Down Jacket fw2008
Undercover SS15
Undercover Spring/Summer 2015 carried Takahashi's twisted fairytale into a more digital setting, with LED screens integrated into garments and bags.
Photography by Jeff Henrikson; styling by Emma Wyman.
Undercover AW14
Jun Takahashi framed Undercover Autumn/Winter 2014 around fear, warmth and royalty. Braided crowns and rhinestones were offset by vamp-red contact lenses, red mascara, tartan and toile de Jouy interrupted by UFOs, turning the runway into a corrupted fairytale.
Photography by Jeff Henrikson; styling by Emma Wyman.
Raf Simons SS2008 De Stijl Hiking Boot — White Multicolor
Blouson L4203-3 Bomber Jacket
Putting his signature punk inspired twist to classic silhouettes- Jun Takahashi releases the L4203-3 Blouson as part of the brand's "anatomicouture" autumn/winter collection. Based on a bomber jacket the piece retains the rounded shape of the jacket along with ribbed collar, cuffs, and bottom hem. Pinstripe is utilized as the piece's majority giving it a more sophisticated aesthetic; UNDERCOVER's signature mixed material construction is also showcased in leather sleeve sections, and knitted sweater tail rear section. Functional components come in they way of snap button chest pockets, interior snap button pocket, and waist zip pockets. Made in Japan. Mixed material construction. Leather sleeve sections. Knitted sweater tail rear section. Snap button chest pockets. Interior snap button pocket. Waist zip pockets.
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou Holiday 2014
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Nike x Undercover Gyakusou FW2011 Retail Display
Undercover Jun Takahashi L9F01 Low-Top Sneaker in Bordeaux
UNDERCOVER Fall/Winter 2013 Leather-Sleeve Army Jacket
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou LunarSpeed AXL
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou FW2013
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Nike x Undercover Gyakusou FW2012 Base Layers
Geneva Sound System Model XS
The Geneva Sound System Model XS, the smallest of Geneva Lab's lacquered-cube speakers: a piano-finish box with a flip-up top, FM tuner and dock. Here in red.
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou FW2011 Beanie
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou SS2014
Bally Spring/Summer 2014 Menswear — Hooded Utility Poncho
Yung Lean & Bladee Victorious music video by Aidan Zamiri
Undercover Diaplex Autumn/Winter 2007 Collection
11+ Sound1 Bluetooth Speaker by Cloudandco
Prada Fall/Winter 1999 Menswear
Prada's Fall/Winter 1999 menswear collection moves from muted tailoring and leather into technical outerwear, close-fitting performance layers, and a final return to dark suiting. This complete sequence preserves all 80 runway looks in the official order.
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou Holiday 2013 — Campaign
Campaign sequence from the Holiday 2013 archive set.
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou Holiday 2013 — Lookbook
Holiday 2013 lookbook sequence: garment systems, color fields, and repeated seams.
Number (N)ine Spring/Summer 2008 “Birds” Collection
Hermès Fall 1998
Hermès Fall 1998, inside the Margiela years: a private uniform with the lights left low.
The house codes are still there, but drained of announcement. Long coats, sleeveless shells, leather sleeves, flat boots, gloves, cashmere, grey wool, tobacco brown, black. Luxury held like a tool, not a trophy.
It is almost hostile in how little it performs. Monastic, office-punk, weatherproof, expensive without asking to be seen. A wardrobe for people who know exactly what they are looking at.
A.F. Vandevorst Fall/Winter 2011 Full Bodysuit
Junya Watanabe Runway Look — Dark Structural Silhouette
UNDERCOVER "Fuck the Past, Fuck the Future" Oxford
Hiroshi Fujiwara Portrait at a Fashion Presentation
Jun Takahashi — Undercover Designer Portrait, Dazed June 2013
Interview with Jun Takahashi on Undercover AW13
Q: After two years away from the Paris catwalks, why was now the right time to show a runway collection?
A: After the earthquake disaster, we Japanese were spiritually in the worst state. It’s been two years since then and everyone is hoping to improve the present situation. I am one of them. I chose to have a runway show in Paris in order to restore myself. I thought it would work because going back to the runway was one of the things I had been hoping to do.
Q: Talking of the scar that Japan’s earthquake left on you, did it creatively affect your AW13 collection?
A: I was craving for creation, and that resulted in those one-off dresses. Two years ago, mentally and financially I wasn’t able to create such things. Those one-off pieces are my original works and made intuitively by myself. I am the only one who could make them. They are sacred works to me. I guess I like things where you can feel human warmth.
Q: Why did you call the show ‘Anatomicouture’? Was your intention to expose the inner bones of the garments?
A: It is a mentality of exposing the inner self, corresponding to my desire to reveal my creation and what’s going on in my head.
Q: Despite the skeleton and organ motifs, the collection is beautiful and seductive – does this come back to your interest in the contrast between ugly and beautiful?
A: Ugliness and beauty co-exist in human mentality. I always want to express those emotions.
Q: The AW13 show had the feel of punk performance art – why did you stage it like theatre?
A: Because the theme of this collection is related to human emotions, I thought my theme could be conveyed much better with such staging effects that would move people’s hearts. That’s why I used songs by Cat Power and James Blake. All the songs are great and meaningful and helped me convey what I wanted to express through the lyrics of songs too.
Q: When did your love of fashion start, and how did that lead to Undercover?
A: When I was little I loved drawing and had a twisted personality. I was so into punk during my high school years. My interest in fashion arose when I was around 15 years old and I was hoping to become a designer. At 18, I entered Bunka Fashion College. I was questioning about learning ‘design’ from teachers who were much older than me. So I told myself that I would learn only techniques in the school, nothing else.
Q: Undercover was considered part of a new wave of Japanese designers. How did your approach differ from the likes of Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto?
A: I am not sure if Undercover is part of a new wave and I don’t really care. But Rei influenced me a lot on things like breaking stereotypes.
Q: You and your friend Hiroshi Fujiwara collected vintage Seditionaries pieces and published a book about them, and you even appeared in a show of Vivienne Westwood’s designs in Tokyo in 1990. Can you describe the impact punk made on you and explain why it still resonates today?
A: To me, punk means a spirit that questions and abolishes conventional ideas. That is my fundamental principle. You can apply the principle to fashion design. It depends on each season, but I instil punk interpretation into my designs in many ways – for example, by fusing two contradicting elements or applying techniques that are generally considered taboo.
Q: You recently designed lines for Uniqlo and Nike – how did you enjoy those two experiences? Did they feed back into your work with Undercover?
A: The Uniqlo and Nike collaborations are totally different types of designs from that of Undercover. Therefore the collaborations didn’t really affect my work with Undercover. But for my career as a designer, both collaborations became good experiences. Working with Uniqlo gave me the opportunity to learn about the creation of mass products and newly standard items that are totally different from designing avant-garde pieces. As for the collaboration with Nike, I am very satisfied both as a designer and as a runner with the fact that I have been able to create products which integrate necessary functions for running with fashion-design aesthetics, which had often perhaps been missing in the existing sportswear.
Q: You’ve talked in the past of the difficulties with keeping up with the six-month cycle of fashion shows, and skipped showing in Paris for a couple of seasons – how are you currently finding working within the fashion calendar?
A: Right now, I’ve come to the conclusion that the six-month cycle is appropriate. Themes of each Undercover collection vary by season. If we could spend more than six months on a collection, and if we continue to work with the same theme for a year, it would be difficult to keep up the tension towards the theme and I am afraid that the freshness would be lost.
Q: AW13 got a great response. Will we be seeing you back on the runway next season?
A: I could strongly feel that a lot of people were waiting for Undercover and I was very thankful about it. I will be back on the runway next season.
Q: Next year will mark the 20th since you began showing as Undercover. How do you feel you’ve evolved in that time?
A: I went through many phases and experienced many things. There was a time we faced various troubles, or we jumped into things just by force of circumstances. But nothing was wasted. I am responsible for all success and failure of Undercover. I will go forward without being ashamed of the paths I’ve chosen.
Alexander Wang Fall 2013 Menswear — Hooded Leather Jacket with Face Mask
Undercoverism Fall/Winter 2012 Honeyee Editorial
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou SS2012 Fabric Mixed Long Pants
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou FW2012 Cedar Camouflage
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou FW2011 Hooded Running Jacket
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou FW2012 — Collection
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou FW2012 — Autumn Monks
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou Running Vest
Goro's visvim FBT by Hiroshi Fujiwara
Rafael Moneo — Kursaal Auditorium and Congress Centre, San Sebastián
Braun Product Design by Dieter Rams — T1000 World Receiver, Audio 310, and Wandanlage
Junya Watanabe Spring/Summer 2024 Womenswear
DJ Krush Portrait
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N.Hoolywood Autumn/Winter 2010–11 — Farewell to Tokyo
N.Hoolywood’s Autumn/Winter 2010–11 collection was Daisuke Obana’s final Tokyo presentation before moving the brand’s runway shows to New York. Built around the Vietnam War, the collection works through olive field uniforms, cargo trousers, utility vests, berets, combat boots, camouflage, padded outerwear, and oversized packs, while later looks shift toward distressed denim and countercultural styling. This Techspec edit preserves the 41 supplied runway images in their original numbered order.
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou SS2012 — Yin & Yang Campaign
The Spring 2012 collection from GYAKUSOU, the innovative running wear line by Jun Takahashi, designer for Nike and Undercover, will begin delivery on Saturday, March 3rd. This collection features items that shine with even greater functionality than before, including freedom of movement, comfort, and storage. The color scheme, a key element of GYAKUSOU, incorporates deep hues such as gray, green, and blue that blend in with both natural and urban landscapes, as well as accent burgundy red. Furthermore, continuing from the previous collection, the use of heather gray material, often seen in menswear, creates a unique world view that fuses various elements. Pay attention to the design, which has found a new value as one-of-a-kind running wear, and look forward to its delivery. Incidentally, the long-awaited women's collection will also debut this time, making GYAKUSOU even more of a hot topic. Why not check out the latest collection in person at a store?
fragment design x Nike Zoom All Court 2 Low TZ "Midnight Navy"
Fragment Design Tech Wrap Camera Wrap by Hiroshi Fujiwara
Undercover Jun Takahashi — Spring/Summer 2012 Collection Website Launch
Junya Watanabe SS2002 'Poem' Long Sleeve Shirt
Techspec Lofi Techtape Vol. 002
Atelier Head Porter — Concept Shop Identity Card
Rick Genest for Schon! Magazine Issue 14 — Undercover Editorial by Matthew Lyn
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou FW2011 Mesh-Lined Track Pants
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou Zoom Structure+ 15
Undercover / Undercoverism — Brand Manifesto by Jun Takahashi
Philips Fidelio SoundRing DS3800W Wireless AirPlay Speaker
UNDERCOVER UNDERCOVERISM AW11
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou FW2011 — Running Monks
Running Monks follows Jun Takahashi's Gyakusou International Running Association through Kyoto, pairing the Fall/Holiday 2011 performance-running collection with bamboo paths, temple grounds, torii and technical garment details.
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou FW2011 — Running Monks Film
UNDERCOVER and Nike’s GYAKUSOU range have contributed a new video promotes the upcoming 2011 fall/winter collection. The Jun Takahashi-led crew of runners runs through kyoto.