This year, the Design Museum in London will stage the very first retrospective on the visionary Japanese designer and creative director NIGO, credited as one of the first designers to bridge the worlds of streetwear and luxury fashion.
NIGO was the first Japanese Artistic Director of Paris fashion house KENZO since its founder Kenzo Takada, ands rose to prominence with his streetwear brand A Bathing Ape in the 1990s; going on to launch Billionaire Boys Club with American musician Pharrell Williams in 2003 and HUMAN MADE in 2010. Opening at the museum on 1st May, the exhibition will feature over 700 objects - with 600 from NIGO’s own personal archive - charting NIGO’s expansive career from the back streets of Harajuku to the runways in Paris.
