Japanese journalist Také Hirakawa is one of the stalwart players of the international avant-garde fashion scene, having been a fixture in Tokyo, Antwerp and Paris for many years as a critic and highly regarded creative mind in fashion. Aligning himself with a topsy-turvy universe of both European and Japanese designers, Take has championed the likes of Jun Takahashi and Bernhard Willhelm alike over the years.

For NºB, Také proposed an illustrated editorial featuring a musical ‘last supper’, with artist Ludivine Billaud rendering twelve pop stars in pencil, wearing the latest pieces from designers such as Comme Des Garçons, Raf Simons and Dries Van Noten. The rather irreverent take on the classic Biblical scene seems to fade in and out on itself, with the composition trailing across three pages in various states of completion. The pairing of the musicians with each designer and outfit is rather left of center also – whoever thought we would see Iggy Pop in Dries Van Noten?

Featuring:

Madonna in Viktor & Rolf

Mick Jagger in Raf Simons

Tina Turner in Balenciaga

Cyndi Lauper in A.F. Vandevorst

Iggy Pop in Dries Van Noten

Marianne Faithful in Jurgi Persoons

Rod Stewart in Yves Saint Laurent

Bruce Springsteen in Dries Van Noten

Patti Smith in Comme Des Garçons

Lou Reed in Paul Smith

Michael Jackson in Hussein Chalayan

Prince in Stephan Schneider

David Bowie in Comme Des Garçons