DESCENDANT

Even as the seasons go by, what we make never really changes, items such as sweatshirts, trucker jackets, flannel shirts, chino pants and beanies.

What we create hasn’t changed, but the mood has, or rather, it might be more like we are gradually capturing that feeling we had in the beginning, that initial impulse. The mood of the 1980s, when we first began exploring fashion alongside the cultures we loved, still seems to linger somewhere within DESCENDANT today. Things that are familiar and ordinary, yet carry an unwavering style, like each person having their own mannerisms about it.

After ten years, I’ve come to realize that the contours of DESCENDANT are being shaped through the hands of many different people. Of course, it isn’t mine alone; it feels as though it’s steadily spreading outward: to our staff, to the people wearing it on the streets, and to those wearing it out by the sea.

We made a Derby jacket for the first time in a while. A classic version would have a paisley lining, but we chose pinstripes that suit DESCENDANT’s way of doing things. The orange sweatshirt is overdyed, giving it the kind of look as if it had been around since back then. Looking at it now, the nylon track jacket resembles a 1990s tennis tracksuit. And there is always a Boston bag in hand. It wasn’t intentional, but the person wearing it happened to be a tennis player as well.

Tetsu Nishiyama