welcome to my baka life

Yohji- one thing about yohji is you’re gonna see a structured blazer paired with a flowy skirt!! i love pairing a structured top with flowy bottoms, taking the sharper elements of my frame and contrasting them with their softer counterparts – exaggerating both elements in the process. Breaking up stiffer fabrics with delicate ones. Creating a shape that hides the real one. My body is both soft and sharp at the same time, and i want to stop fighting that. Maybe that’s why I’ve loved yohji yamamoto’s designs for years. i love how he delicately balances masculine and feminine in a way that still feels approachable, comfortable, yet elegant. this is probably the basis of my personal style.

"When I started making clothes for my line Y's in 1977, all I wanted was for women to wear men's clothes. I jumped on the idea of designing coats for women. It meant something to me – the idea of a coat guarding and hiding a woman's body. I wanted to protect the woman's body from something – maybe from men's eyes or a cold wind." http://the-talks.com/interviews/yohji-yamamoto/

Ann Demeulemeester- you can probably tell by now that I really appreciate a sheer flowy element or two. Ann’s designs have always encompassed an androgynous dishevelled look that I envy, even after she left her own brand in 2013. The brand’s recent collections still honour the asymmetry present in her previous work, which is alright with me. The sheer, flowy, layered looks have always been my favourite.

Karasu Zoku (Crow Tribe)- Androgynous billowing silhouettes and distressed worn-in materials. I don’t think the spirit of this streetstyle is actually dead – the rules have just loosened. Even though karasu zoku is my comfort zone, what I really admire about its modern-day off-shoots are the creative uses of texture and the incorporation of traditional cultural items and clothing. I’ve been wanting to experiment with doing the same using my own cultural clothing and accessories. Considering my family calls me a ‘kala kauwa’ when I dress in all black anyway, it looks like I’m not far off.

Wear to death – I want to wear my clothes until they fall apart, and even after that. I’ve made it a goal to learn more mending techniques so I can extend the life of my clothing. Imperfections, signs of mending and wear-and-tear are all part of the look, they all tell a wearable story.