Shinichiro Arakawa Biography
Born in Japan in 1967 Shinichiro, after studying at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, naturally turned towards fashion and in 1989 chose Paris to attend classes in fashion design at the Studio Bercot. From 1990 to 1992 he worked at the same time as an assistant to the fashion designer Christopher Nemeth.
He then launched his own brand showing as his first collection in Paris under his own name the spring-summer 94 season. From then on he regularly showed his collections at the Paris and Tokyo fashion shows.
In September 96 he opened a store in Paris on the rue du Plâtre, then was awarded an ANDAM scholarship in 97 for his collection built around the theme of the bombyx chrysalis (a metaphor for the businessman: the silkworm butterfly has wings but can not fly) which was also shown in Tokyo where he set up his podium in the heart of the Shinjuku business district.
In April 97, he showed his autumn-winter collection at the Komaba residence of Tokyo University (the symbolic site of the students’ revolt of the 60s), around the theme of the "IVY LOOK", a reference to the clothing culture of Japanese school girls, the Kogyaru who, within the strict school regulations, manage to integrate a zest of personality.
It was after this fashion show that HONDA Motorbikes & Sports, very impressed by his work, issued him with a formal invitation to create a special limited edition collection under the label of "Shinichiro Arakawa-Honda".
He then launched his own brand showing as his first collection in Paris under his own name the spring-summer 94 season. From then on he regularly showed his collections at the Paris and Tokyo fashion shows.
In September 96 he opened a store in Paris on the rue du Plâtre, then was awarded an ANDAM scholarship in 97 for his collection built around the theme of the bombyx chrysalis (a metaphor for the businessman: the silkworm butterfly has wings but can not fly) which was also shown in Tokyo where he set up his podium in the heart of the Shinjuku business district.
In April 97, he showed his autumn-winter collection at the Komaba residence of Tokyo University (the symbolic site of the students’ revolt of the 60s), around the theme of the "IVY LOOK", a reference to the clothing culture of Japanese school girls, the Kogyaru who, within the strict school regulations, manage to integrate a zest of personality.
It was after this fashion show that HONDA Motorbikes & Sports, very impressed by his work, issued him with a formal invitation to create a special limited edition collection under the label of "Shinichiro Arakawa-Honda".
In July 97 the first showing of the "Shinichiro Arakawa-Honda" collection took place at the firm’s Welcome Plaza showroom in Tokyo. The collection was a commercial and media success on both continents: the stores of the Japanese group Beams snapped it up and all the items were soon sold out.
A contract from this moment on linked Honda and Shinichiro Arakawa for the creation of a women’s line, followed by a mixed line and lastly an accessories collection. The association did not disappoint expectations and was to remain a notable rendez-vous at the Tokyo fashion week.
In March 1998 he was given a retrospective exhibition at the Galerie Glassbox in Paris where Honda was present in the form of a racing bike redecorated in the Group’s colours. Shinichiro opened a new store in the Harajuku district of Tokyo in October;
His three most recent Paris collections (shown under his own label and built one after another around the themes of the first, second and third dimension) made a strong impression with their conceptual daring and strict aesthetic: we now long to know what Shinichiro Arakawa’s interpretation of the fourth dimension will be.
He counters this question with laughter.
Emmanuel Bossuet for Anatomique, October 2000.
A contract from this moment on linked Honda and Shinichiro Arakawa for the creation of a women’s line, followed by a mixed line and lastly an accessories collection. The association did not disappoint expectations and was to remain a notable rendez-vous at the Tokyo fashion week.
In March 1998 he was given a retrospective exhibition at the Galerie Glassbox in Paris where Honda was present in the form of a racing bike redecorated in the Group’s colours. Shinichiro opened a new store in the Harajuku district of Tokyo in October;
His three most recent Paris collections (shown under his own label and built one after another around the themes of the first, second and third dimension) made a strong impression with their conceptual daring and strict aesthetic: we now long to know what Shinichiro Arakawa’s interpretation of the fourth dimension will be.
He counters this question with laughter.
Emmanuel Bossuet for Anatomique, October 2000.
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