Japanese Designer Series: Limi Feu

Somewhere along the way, I have become obsessed with Japanese style. I can't pinpoint when it started, but I do know that it was sometime after I had visited Tokyo. This is unfortunate for me, because had I known better, I could have done some serious shopping during my stay there. Now I will definitely have to be going back.I think my obsession started in the streets of NYC. I live near what I consider to be Japan Town. There are a lot of fantastic Sushi restaurants in my neighborhood, and I always seem to be seeing girls in the most imaginative outfits in the street. It is these girls that started it for me. They deftly mix patterns and textures, have just the right combinations of neutral tones with popping colors, layer the most unlikely items together, and play with volume and silhouette like no others. I wish one of those girls would take me on as an apprentice or something.

In the mean-time, I am making it my business to study great Japanese designers. So I will bring you along in my quest in this series.

Today I had a look at Limi Feu. She is the daughter of Yohji Yamamoto, and changed her last name Feu, when she saw it in a french dictionary (it means fire). She seems to have taken on a lot of the sensibilities of her father, with the dark fabrics and the oversized flowing draping. However, at times she adds her own amount of femininity and young street aesthetics. She definitely punks up the styling a bit, pairing her feminine looks with big bovver boots...a look I have adored for at least the last 2 decades of my life. Also notice the re-appropriated menswear looks. Another fantastic trend (which I covered with my tux post). Nothing sexier than a gal sporting her boyfriends clothing in a half comfy, a little bit bad-ass, half walk-of-shame kind of way. yummy.

I wish I could tell you where to find her stuff in the US, but alas, I have no leads as yet. In the mean-time you could try an online japanese shopping service such as Rinkya