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UPDATED ON 3 Jan, 2025
JANUARY 20 2021

CREATING FUTURE – ACTION TO TAKE NEXT, The Next Landscape of Mode as Seen from the Non-Western World

CRITIQUE

Yusuke Koishi contributed to the article “The Next Landscape of Mode as Seen from the Non-Western World” in the CREATING FUTURE section of the March 2021 issue of Harper’s BAZAAR Japan. The Next Landscape of Mode as Seen from the Non-Western World”, a summary of the rise of new fashion scenes from the non-Western world, as well as the Chinese market, pop culture, and social dynamics. In the same section, Alexander Fury and others have contributed the 2021SS collection review.

JANUARY 20 2021

Notebook on Fashion and Society Part 2: What we talk about when we talk about China

CRITIQUE

Yusuke Koishi explores the present and future of society through the lens of fashion in this series on TOKION MAGAZINE. In the second instalment, he elaborates on the ever-growing presence of China. He explains the approach and mindset we need to engage in new, budding cultures.

NOVEMBER 20 2020

NOT FAR#2 ECONOMY AND HISTORY FROM SNEAKERS

CRITIQUE

In issue #02 of the free magazine ‘NOT FAR,’ produced by TOKYO DESIGN STUDIO New Balance, Yusuke Koishi contributes an insightful piece titled “Economy and History From Sneakers.”

OCTOBER 28 2020

Notebook on Fashion and Society Part 1: The Birth of New Cultures from Crises

CRITIQUE

Yusuke Koishi explores the present and future of society through the lens of fashion in this series on TOKION MAGAZINE. In the first instalment, he discusses the emergence of counter-fashion in the Trump era.

JULY 2020

New Humans Arise from the Collapse IDEA NO.390

CRITIQUE

In IDEA NO.390 “Material Bindings The Savage Mind in Fashion Design”, edited by writtenafterwards, Yusuke Koishi contributed an article titled “New Humans Arise from the Collapse”. In this critical article, Koishi wrote about the possibility of new post-pandemic fashion and the history of contemporary fashion along with Comme des Garçons and LVMH empire.

APRIL 22 2020

FASHION AND PANDEMICS – LIVING IN A WORLD THAT NEVER ENDS

CRITIQUE

A historical look back to imagine post-COVID-19 and what KLEINSTEIN is thinking about now. The original text was written in Japanese and published in FASHIONSNAP.COM on April 22, 2020. The English version is available here FASHION AND PANDEMICS – LIVING IN A WORLD THAT NEVER ENDS (KLEINSTEIN BLOG)

DECEMBER 25 2019

DOVER STREET MARKET NEW YORK and me and Shusaku Arakawa + Madeline Gins

WRITING

Yusuke Koishi contributed to an article titled “DOVER STREET MARK NEW YORK and Me and Shusaku Arakawa + Madeline Gins” for “Shusaku Arakawa + Madeline Gins in the 22nd Century (Film Art Publishing)”.

NOV 8 2019

Designing Nearby, Designing In-distance (ÉKRITS.JP)

What is the scope of the “fashion” design? Fashion was a revolutionary device for hacking the world where people viewed people as symbols and signs when they could not choose how to dress or live on their own will. Now that everyone has a choice of clothes and a way of life, what can we hack into this era?
Designing Nearby, Designing In-distance (ÉKRITS, 2019)

APR 2019

“THE END OF HESEI AND THE BEGINNING OF REIWA. THE BIRTH OF CONTEMPORARY FASHION AND MACROSCOPIC FASHION DESIGN” – FASHIONSNAP.COM

REVIEW

Review on the history of contemporary fashion design and the role of conglomerates in the luxury fashion industry.
“The end of Heisei and the beginning of Reiwa. The birth of contemporary fashion and macroscopic fashion design” – FASHIONSNAP.COM
English version is available on BLOG

MARCH 2019

MISHIMAGAZINE #13

ESSAY

『今を歩く』#13 “JAPANESE RECRUIT-SUIT AND HAY FEVER”