This is the 25th issue (2023) of " A Magazine Curated By ," featuring guest curator Chitose Abe, founder and designer of sacai.
The book features 200 pages of cultural and creative content, with contributions from a variety of people close to the author, including family, friends, artistic collaborators, and fashion brands.
Featuring a pioneering ultramarine blue cover and content in both English and Japanese, the magazine explores the community and high-concept world behind sacai, from a cosmopolitan portrait series from Tokyo to Los Angeles using #sacaiTHEpeople, to commissioned projects by chefs, industrial designers, architects, artists, writers and business analysts.From material concerns like minimalist architecture and upcycled industrial design to intangible possibilities like CGI creations and AI fashion reportage, Abe channelssacai's collaborative spirit into a highly contemporary document that approaches the brand's pillars of hybridity and "security and betrayal" in different ways.
Softcover 200 pages 230 x 295 mm Color, black and white
This issue was curated by Abe Chitose of sacai, a leading Japanese fashion brand. It is an interesting volume that is sprinkled with Japanese elements, including not only fashion but also topics related to the large-scale renovation of sacai Aoyama in collaboration with TOO MUCH Magazine, and the food story trilogy "saCOOKBOOK," which also includes a topic on "Toraya," a long-established Japanese confectionery shop in Kyoto. (Ammel)
