A visual study into the conflicts between Japan's cultural aesthetics and its society. Collection focuses on womenswear and knitwear.

“The Kobe earthquake and the Tokyo gas attack of January and March 1995 are two of the gravest tragedies in Japan’s post-war history… there was a marked change in the Japanese consciousness ‘before’ and ‘after’ these events… they ushered in a period of critical enquiry into the very roots of the Japanese State…”

“That is, the narrative that most Japanese embrace (or imagine they share) broke down…”