Yuima Nakazato, JAPAN
At the Tokyo atelier of Japanese couturier Yuima Nakazato, responsibly sourced fabrics are as much a part of the design story as silhouette. For fall 2021, Nakazato marked the 10th anniversary of his label with a collection that included pieces made from upcycled leathers, organic cottons, laces and linens hand-dyed with natural Japanese indigo (a process called aizome), along with others that combined nishijin-ori—a traditional kimono textile—with a plant-based synthetic inspired by spider silk. Nakazato’s raison d’être: “to make this world a better place through garments.”