“TAKAHASHI trusts

all that he feels to the reality of the street”              - Také Hirakawa

“ART owes its position as high culture to its original power

to drive the interest of the masses.” – Diderot Essais sur la peinture

“TAKAHASHI never had a punk idealogy; he just sought a punk experience

as a direct reality”                 -Také Hirakawa

“THE Takahashi collection presents aesthetic nostalgia                                                                                   and a pure vision of the future in concert.”                                                                                                                            - Také Hirakawa

“FASHION dies young, and it is that condemned look that gives it nobility”                                                                                                  -  Jean Cocteau Le Grand Ecart

One of Japan’s premier fashion journalists Také Hirakawa ponders the world of UNDERCOVER.