Akira Isogawa is surely the most underrated man in Australian fashion, having shown his namesake label in Sydney for over 20 years to little fanfare. He also might be the coolest. On the runway, he showed knee-high tube socks with Nike’s much-coveted VaporMax sneakers. Hypebeasts would freak over Isogawa’s styles, if only they knew to look at his collections.
As always, Japanese tailoring and layering are Isogawa’s main starting points. Wrap jackets, long and loose shorts, and away-from-the-body shapes populated much of the collection, with the lively addition of vibrant graphic prints for men and paillette rosettes in tomato red and pure white tacked to the bibs of women’s shirts and shoulders. This spirited collection is far more dramatic than the streamlined simplicity Isogawa has favored in the recent past—and something shoppers will likely flock to in droves.
