Taiga Takahashi
T.T, the label founded by Taiga Takahashi, treats clothing as a kind of archaeology. Trained at Central Saint Martins and working between New York and Kyoto, Takahashi drew on a personal archive of early twentieth-century American garments, studying the fabrics, stitching and details of pre-industrial dress and reinterpreting them for the present. Each piece is made in Japan using traditional techniques, from hand natural-dyeing to weaving on rare old power looms, with the aim of garments built to last a hundred years. Since his passing in 2022, his team carries the work forward in his vision.
