Four notable collections from Tokyo Fashion Week 2023 (actually 2024-2025, as per the text) stood out from the 37 showcased:
- Furumau: Founder Wataru Nakazono’s collection featured eclectic and wearable business attire with a twist, combining muted grays with rich greens, rosy pinks, and foggy blues. A standout look included a gray-and-purple tartan pattern with a black puffy collar.
- Keiko Nishiyama: "Reminiscence" was dedicated to her father, exploring the concept of curiosity through Japanese and English influences. The collection featured handmade prints of fictional flowers and animals, with a three-phase progression from childlike innocence to grief and loss, and finally to a balance between honoring the past and moving forward.
- mintdesigns: "Positive Shape & Negative Shape" highlighted embracing negative space, featuring formless clothes with etchings of old villages and earthy tones. The collection had a liminal energy, showcasing the contrast between empty space and solitary objects.
- Non Tokyo: Ayano Ichige’s collection combined childlike whimsy with adult silhouettes, highlighting the dissonance of growing up. It featured oversized and restrictive clothing, as well as hazy, picturesque images of wild horses and far-off mountains, symbolizing the regret of not being able to return to the past.
