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another story from fashionweekdaily, with a quote from lim
Uniqlo Goes Designer
JIM SHI
From pop-up shops to guerilla marketing campaigns, Uniqlo certainly hasn’t missed a beat. The same can be said for its latest initiative: inviting women’s wear designers Philip Kim, Alice Roi, Tina Lutz and Marcia Patmos of Lutz & Patmos, Kino, and GVGV, and men’s wear designers Halb, Satoru Tanaka, and Alexandre Plokhov of Cloak to each design capsule collections of eight looks for Spring/Summer 2007.
“The response to our Designers Invitation Project for Fall 2006, currently in stores, has been strong,” said Nobuo Domae, Uniqlo’s U.S. CEO. “This project is yet another way to introduce Uniqlo’s unique balance of high style, high quality merchandise at affordable prices. We are extremely excited to continue this important project for Spring 2007.”
Uniqlo will launch its flagship 36,000 sq. ft. store on Broadway in Soho next month, where each of the eight designers’ creations will be showcased for one month each. Uniqlo will feature the sweater designs from Lutz & Patmos during the month of February, followed by Japanese designer Halb’s men’s collection and the women’s collection from the Japanese designer Kino in March. In April, the company will offer an edited version of the 3.1 Phillip Lim collection, as well as the men’s collection from Japanese designer Satoru Tanaka. Alice Roi’s separates and dresses and Cloak designer Alexander Plokhov’s men’s collections for Uniqlo will be available in May. Rounding out the collections will be the women’s collection from the Japanese brand GVGV in June.
"After reading literature, visiting the store, and researching the Uniqlo concept, I realized the philosophy behind Uniqlo was comparable to that of 3.1 Phillip Lim: to make fashion accessible without sacrificing value," said Lim. "I thought that if I am able to do it at a higher-level in a more personal context with 3.1 Phillip Lim, it would be interesting to push the boundaries further and make fashion and value come together for an even wider audience, without sacrificing on our identities.”
Uniqlo Goes Designer
JIM SHI
From pop-up shops to guerilla marketing campaigns, Uniqlo certainly hasn’t missed a beat. The same can be said for its latest initiative: inviting women’s wear designers Philip Kim, Alice Roi, Tina Lutz and Marcia Patmos of Lutz & Patmos, Kino, and GVGV, and men’s wear designers Halb, Satoru Tanaka, and Alexandre Plokhov of Cloak to each design capsule collections of eight looks for Spring/Summer 2007.
“The response to our Designers Invitation Project for Fall 2006, currently in stores, has been strong,” said Nobuo Domae, Uniqlo’s U.S. CEO. “This project is yet another way to introduce Uniqlo’s unique balance of high style, high quality merchandise at affordable prices. We are extremely excited to continue this important project for Spring 2007.”
Uniqlo will launch its flagship 36,000 sq. ft. store on Broadway in Soho next month, where each of the eight designers’ creations will be showcased for one month each. Uniqlo will feature the sweater designs from Lutz & Patmos during the month of February, followed by Japanese designer Halb’s men’s collection and the women’s collection from the Japanese designer Kino in March. In April, the company will offer an edited version of the 3.1 Phillip Lim collection, as well as the men’s collection from Japanese designer Satoru Tanaka. Alice Roi’s separates and dresses and Cloak designer Alexander Plokhov’s men’s collections for Uniqlo will be available in May. Rounding out the collections will be the women’s collection from the Japanese brand GVGV in June.
"After reading literature, visiting the store, and researching the Uniqlo concept, I realized the philosophy behind Uniqlo was comparable to that of 3.1 Phillip Lim: to make fashion accessible without sacrificing value," said Lim. "I thought that if I am able to do it at a higher-level in a more personal context with 3.1 Phillip Lim, it would be interesting to push the boundaries further and make fashion and value come together for an even wider audience, without sacrificing on our identities.”
wow i didn't know that they were collaborating with so many big names! i was in tokyo last week and picked up the black trench coat by baptista in the ginza district without even realizing it was by him, it just fit so perfectly i had to have it! over there these items are already on sale so i got it for about $33 US!
i'm so excited to see the phillip lim pieces but probably won't be able to get them in california...
i'm so excited to see the phillip lim pieces but probably won't be able to get them in california...
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I can't believe this is happening. I remember stumbling into UNIQLO in Japan years ago and it was the Ikea of clothing chains. I even have a free UNI cd holder for buying so much stuff. I recently (this past summer) was in UNIQLO and it was nothing like this....
they start this designer innovation thing NOW? Muji is great too...bought some nice cheap stuff.
Muji and UNIQLO is definitely the H&M of asia... but WAY better quality and cheaper too.
they start this designer innovation thing NOW? Muji is great too...bought some nice cheap stuff. Muji and UNIQLO is definitely the H&M of asia... but WAY better quality and cheaper too.
im most excited about the alice roi and phillip lim stuff. i'll probably get one of each. and i want to get some cloak stuff for mr lucy92 as well.
ihsu, i think you should go to the BIG uniqlo in soho on november 10th and get the felipe oliveira baptista trench coat. they are sure to have it the first day they open!
i think it is very smart for uniqlo to have these designers do stuff on a monthly basis rather than H&M's once a year event.
and who knows...maybe some of the cloak stuff i can wear....maybe...
i'm really glad that inqlo isnt monkeying around and opening up some teensy store in NYC first. it seems like topshop was being too hesitant by just having opening ceremoney carry a few pieces from their line.
i'm glad uniqlo is making a big splash!
ihsu, i think you should go to the BIG uniqlo in soho on november 10th and get the felipe oliveira baptista trench coat. they are sure to have it the first day they open!
i think it is very smart for uniqlo to have these designers do stuff on a monthly basis rather than H&M's once a year event.
and who knows...maybe some of the cloak stuff i can wear....maybe...
i'm really glad that inqlo isnt monkeying around and opening up some teensy store in NYC first. it seems like topshop was being too hesitant by just having opening ceremoney carry a few pieces from their line.
i'm glad uniqlo is making a big splash!
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thanks for the articles lucy
Halb is a label by the designer Kiminori Morishita.
his name might be a bit familiar since he shows his own label in Paris.
you can see what Satoru Tanaka is like here.
http://www.satorutanaka.net/collection.html
both of them are rather on the trendy side.
they may make practically cool and good clothes for Uniqlo.
but to some, their selection itself might not be as interesting as the last selection of Scye and theatre products.
about GVGV, there should be some threads around here.
you can check the stuff at Barney's this fall, for example.
aside from those designer capsule collections, NY design team under Maria Dziedzic seems to be making it more of fashion.
Halb is a label by the designer Kiminori Morishita.
his name might be a bit familiar since he shows his own label in Paris.
you can see what Satoru Tanaka is like here.
http://www.satorutanaka.net/collection.html
both of them are rather on the trendy side.
they may make practically cool and good clothes for Uniqlo.
but to some, their selection itself might not be as interesting as the last selection of Scye and theatre products.
about GVGV, there should be some threads around here.
you can check the stuff at Barney's this fall, for example.
aside from those designer capsule collections, NY design team under Maria Dziedzic seems to be making it more of fashion.
thank you for the imformation runner.
in the new issue of nylon with amber tamblyn on the cover there is a two page ad featuring leelee sobieski wearing a jacket for around 66 bucks.
it seems strange to advertise a store thats only in a few select markets in a national magazine. so perhaps they plan to sell a few things online.
there's also a pic of the model wearing what seems to be the baptista trench in another blurb in the magazine.
also in the new issue of W, they have a short blurb on the japanese artist t shirt project.
in the new issue of nylon with amber tamblyn on the cover there is a two page ad featuring leelee sobieski wearing a jacket for around 66 bucks.
it seems strange to advertise a store thats only in a few select markets in a national magazine. so perhaps they plan to sell a few things online.
there's also a pic of the model wearing what seems to be the baptista trench in another blurb in the magazine.
also in the new issue of W, they have a short blurb on the japanese artist t shirt project.
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mintdesigns (womens collection) is to be out on December 1.
down motorcycle jacket
wool dress coat
wool culottes
wool cropped pants
flared t-shirt
arm warmers
embroidered v-neck sweater
scarf A
scarf B
vest buttoned on the side
short gown
Iliad (mens), December 22 (maybe because basically physical distribution comes to a halt in Japan around the beginning of January)
tweed jacket
twill cargos
and so on
down motorcycle jacket
wool dress coat
wool culottes
wool cropped pants
flared t-shirt
arm warmers
embroidered v-neck sweater
scarf A
scarf B
vest buttoned on the side
short gown
Iliad (mens), December 22 (maybe because basically physical distribution comes to a halt in Japan around the beginning of January)
tweed jacket
twill cargos
and so on
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thanks, lucy92. i hope the baptista trench will be there! i stopped by the uniqlo temporary store in rockfeller center concourse level on friday to ask the store but they are not sure.
they are giving away tons of $15 off of $75+ purchase coupons for the new store.
I was at Broome & Broadway (or is it on Mercer?) this weekend and all they had of the designer collaborations was Baptista stuff (which was very nice, wearing some now 
). I was wondering if anyone has seen the next collection in new york yet though... I'm gunna be hooked on uniqlo if it's all as lovely quality as the pieces I got 
Oh, and they had the Baptista trench in olive and black and there were a good many when I was there.
). I was wondering if anyone has seen the next collection in new york yet though... I'm gunna be hooked on uniqlo if it's all as lovely quality as the pieces I got Oh, and they had the Baptista trench in olive and black and there were a good many when I was there.
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Whoa! Ive been just a few times in the ?US and I stopped by Menlo Park -though twas years ago- freaky!
The stuff is really nice ...
Ill have to admit I abhor the name of the label ... that's why this is the first time I opened the thread ... kewl I found out about it, but still ... I think I cant get past the name ...
On the other hand ... if there was a store here, the SAs would know me by my full name by the 3rd week
The stuff is really nice ...
Ill have to admit I abhor the name of the label ... that's why this is the first time I opened the thread ... kewl I found out about it, but still ... I think I cant get past the name ...
On the other hand ... if there was a store here, the SAs would know me by my full name by the 3rd week
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