Honmono: Genuine Article - Dr Gene Sherman AM, Sebastian Suppel and Octavius La Rosa

Collector of Japanese fashion Dr Gene Sherman is joined by Octavius La Rosa (Dot Comme) and Sebastian Suppel (Aoyama Archive) to discuss the allure of Japanese aesthetic and their passionate engagement in collecting. Exploring the groundbreaking emergence of Kawakubo, Miyake and Yamamoto, our three panelists will seek to identify the unique essence of Japanese design, and the way in which its qualities speak to them as individuals. Our panelists will look to the future of Japanese fashion and how subsequent generations of avant-garde designers have emerged from an established aesthetic, now maintaining an intrinsic sensibility as contemporary Japanese creatives.