archival deepcut: Yoshiki Hishinuma
Yoshiki Hishinuma
found at our Bushwick location
Japanese designer Yoshiki Hishinuma made a name for himself using wind and air to inflate fabric into immensely shaped ‘clothing.’ Appropriately named Kite Clothes and Air Clothes, the series set the tone for the designer’s celebrated career of textile innovation. Hishinuma’s pieces often utilize a combination of natural and chemical processes to achieve new methods of texture-making and embellishment, from the crimped and crinkled to the reptilian and egg-shelled.
Before opening his own label in 1992, Yoshiki Hishinuma worked at Miyake Design Studio - perhaps it is there that he mastered his knack for avant-garde patterning and experimental fabrication. As Hishinuma used the force of at times unpredictable elements in the production process, each of his garments is distinctly one of a kind. The brand’s tags are inscribed with messages that emphasize their singularity; the care tag from a 1990s crimped blouse reads “this article was made through particular processes by hand, so there is a delicate difference between one and another.” After years presenting collections on runway, Hishinuma turned to costume design, tailoring the kinetic movement of his clothing to the rhythm of theatre and dance. His ready-to-wear pieces are not only rare but exquisite in their craftsmanship… and available now at Beacon’s Closet Bushwick.
Yoshiki Hishinuma blouse $84.95
Yoshiki Hishinuma 90s crinkle button down $174.95
Styled with Victorian style puffer coat $49.95 and Nanette Lepore coat $29.95
featured finds from our Bushwick store, 23 Bogart St
Brooklyn, NY 11206