DESCENDANT

As summers grow longer, autumn now feels like the brief season that appears just before what we used to think of as winter.

It’s a strange feeling, isn’t it? This year, the weather has finally begun to cool, and I’ve been rushing to switch over my wardrobe. As I was doing so, I found myself absentmindedly reflecting on what it means to get dressed.

Fashion repeats itself, yet it always finds a way to live in the present. We’ve always had things we loved, whether it was America, skateboarding, or music, and the younger generation today is the same. They’re naturally influenced by what they love and build their own styles from it. They create from that pure first impulse, without overthinking it. For example, when someone takes an old flannel shirt or a pair of chinos, garments from another era, and incorporates them effortlessly into modern life, it becomes something that isn’t imitation but rather a contemporary expression.

Wearing clothes that suit you, really knowing what works and what doesn’t, means paying attention to the details and even deciding what not to wear. I feel like that’s where the idea of wearing what you love truly begins. Maybe it’s also a way of reflecting on who you are and where you come from.

What about the staff at Descendant Tokyo? For them, living in Tokyo is just part of their everyday life, embodying that same sensibility. But they’re not always thinking about clothes; they take walks, play sports, or just sit on a bench eating a sandwich.

As for me, I’ve been buying a bunch of DVDs and watching movies. I’ve even started reading several books at once, something I could never do before. And lately, I’ve realized all over again how rich autumn is with seasonal foods: saury, chestnuts, mushrooms, sweet potatoes, persimmons… It’s funny to only be noticing it now.

Tetsu Nishiyama