Design source

Starting from the Tobacco and Salt Museum in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, this tour traces the origins of tobacco, the Age of Discovery and slavery, Japan's monopoly system, advertising and packaging, cigars, and tobacco trays. It interprets world history and design history through a familiar luxury item.

La Maison Champs-Élysées, a Parisian hotel whose interior was designed by Maison Martin Margiela. Based on photographs taken during an actual stay, we will decipher Margiela's design philosophy, which is also reflected in his clothing, through the white chairs, trompe-l'oeil, reproductions, lighting, and the expressions of the floors and walls.

Why is the tiger the symbol of Princeton University? Tracing its relationship with the Ivy League, college sports, mascot culture, Take Ivy, Reunion Jacket, and Penn State, this presentation introduces the background and production process of reinterpreting the Princeton Tiger as a ceramic artwork.

Using Yohji Yamamoto's "Making Clothes" as a starting point, this article examines the "volume" and "drape" found in Yohji Yamamoto's clothing. Drawing on clothes actually seen at the 2014 Paris Men's Collection and items from the author's own collection, the article explores the relationship between the body and clothing.

This book offers a historical analysis of the 1977 classic drama "Roots" from the perspective of clothing history. It explores the history of clothing and freedom in 18th and 19th-century America, from rationed clothing under slavery, Osnaburg, social stratification on plantations, cotton and the ready-made clothing industry, to post-emancipation attire, using actual historical documents.

This is a review of "inception (1976)," held at Omotesando Hills. Drawing on materials from Seditionaries, Sex Pistols, Vivienne Westwood, and Malcolm McLaren, we explore how 1970s punk transformed clothing, music, and graphics.

Introducing "Vintage Coverall," an archive book by Takeshi Obuchi, founder of POST O'ALLS. Featuring approximately 250 rare coveralls from the pre-1920s to the post-1960s, this book explores their appeal and historical value through the lens of collections from leading Japanese collectors and companies like SUNTRAP, and draws on about 40 years of vintage market history.

—Who decides the value of things? This year, 2026, I accompanied a vintage shop on two buying trips to Thailand. Thailand has a huge used clothing wholesale market, and warehouses and shops are piled high with clothing from all over the world. From among them, we look at each garment, estimate its age, and check the tags...