Jotaro Saito
Jotaro Saito is a Japanese kimono and yukata (summer kimono) designer based in Japan.
Jotaro Saito
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- Jotaro Saito
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- Fashion design
- Occupation
- fashion designer · artist
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• Name — Jotaro Saito • Known for — Fashion design • Website — https: www.jotaro.net/
Career
Career
ja-Latn started in fashion at age 27. He uses the traditional method of hand-drawn yūzen dyeing for his kimono. He has participated in Tokyo Fashion Week (Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week) since 2006. ja-Latn also works as an artist and interior designer, having previously creating an immense brocade piece for display in the Kanda Myojin Edo Cultural Complex. He is a member of the Council for Fashion Designers, Tokyo. On October 20, 2020, ja-Latn displayed his fashion at an event at the Victoria and Albert Museum titled The Unbounded Potential of Kimono, Kyoto to Catwalk with the Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom.
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Personal life and family
His late grandfather, Saizaburo Saito, and his father, Sansai Saito, were and are both kimono designers.
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- 1.sportoletti, gabriele. JOTARO SAITO: ART OF KIMONO. Welum. 23 January 2017.
- 2.Jotaro Saito. The Japan Times.
- 3.Kimono Fashion Can Be Cool — Trust Designer Jotaro Saito. JAPAN Forward. 2019-03-14.
- 4.V&A · Kimono inspired by the 'street': Jotaro Saito. Victoria and Albert Museum.
- 5.Japan's kimono makers seek to revive industry with new designs, low prices. Hindustan Times. 2018-05-04.
- 6.JOTARO SAITO Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO. rakutenfashionweektokyo.com.
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