BBFL MAGAZINE MAR. 2024

INTERVIEW Vol.03 - KYOKU

PICK UPS - MUUTS. DEAIWO

NEWLY ARRIVED - tamaki niime

INTERVIEW Vol. 03  -  KYOKU
​1/27/2024

Despite the wonderful appeal of the Kikukawa's new crop, tea farmers are in a difficult situation because the number of tea drinkers using a teapot has decreased due to recent lifestyle changes, and the demand for high-quality the new crop, which accounts for 70% of tea farmers' income, has disappeared.

Natsuko, CEO of KYOKU, is originally a buyer of tea ingredients for a major beverage company, and in her deep involvement with various tea farmers, she heard many sad voices from them that they did not want their children to take over the tea farming business because it was too hard to make a living from the tea business. She wanted to help them somehow and started KYOKU in the U.S. to increase the demand for first-grade tea.

Brooklyn Beauty Fashion Labo

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PICK UPS

MUUTS

With the concept of “stylish and comfortable accessories that accompany you in your daily life,” we focus on simple yet stylish designs, materials and weights that are comfortable to wear for a long time.

We focus on materials and weights that are comfortable to wear for a long time.
Graduated from the Department of Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of the Arts. After working as a designer of bags and accessories, started in 2016

DEAIWO

Encounters with people, encounters with things, cherish everything.


Rather than the beauty of hiding and creating, I want you to aim for beauty as it is. We believe that skin care is the basis of beauty and leads to self-confidence for both men and women. Rather than complicated care, how far should simple care be pursued with luxurious ingredients? I use it even when I become a grandpa and grandma, I want to use it We aim to create cosmetics that are as close to daily life as air and water. It is a brand that aims to be a product developed with the highest peak of Japan cosmetic technology.

NEWLY ARRIVED

tamaki niime

tamaki niime is a Banshu-ori brand launched by designer Niime Tamaki using the traditional Japanese yarn-dyed textile.
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tamaki niime do all the processes such as weaving, dyeing, knitting, sewing and washing in-house. We grow pesticide-free cotton and procure raw materials.
Living with 30 animals including sheep, goats and alpacas, from which the fiber is harvested, and are challenging ourselves to become self-sufficient in natural raw materials.

Every shawl and garment is one of a kind in the world.
Currently, more than 100 staff members experiment and create on a daily basis that can only be born here. We propose and communicate sustainable manufacturing for the issues of mass production, mass consumption and mass disposal faced by the global apparel and fashion industry.