Michiko Koshino: Multi-cultural Influences
By: Boyd Davis
Photo below: Michiko Koshino designers on the runway, Fall 2001. Photo by Javier Mateo)

London-based fashion designer Michiko Koshino is the Queen of club culture when it comes to clothes.

Fusing urban culture with nightlife, Michiko Koshino blends the east and the west with her highly colorful and techno creations.

For nearly twenty years Michiko’s techno driven, Anglo-Japanese clubbing style has made her a favourite of fashion’s cyberworld.

Well known for her pioneering cut, fabric and styling detail innovation, Michiko Koshino's techno-driven, Anglo-Japanese clubbing style has made her a favorite of fashion's cyberworld.

Very experimental and removed from the mainstream, Koshino's accomplishments include the invention of inflatable clothing.

She was also a pioneer in using reflective fabric and bandages in fashion collections.

Koshino was also the first fashion designer who marketed condoms in her own name.

Through the years, her designs have risen to cult status: the Motorking creations are already collector items; and Yen Jeans manufactured only with original Japanese denim continue to be commercial hits.

Her product lines include clothing, cosmetics, underwear, sunglasses and watches and sold in Europe Asia and North America.

Her client list includes Keith from The Prodigy, All Saints, The Spice Girls, Placebo, Talvin Singh, Natalie Imbruglia, Denise van Outen, Jodie Kidd and Dermot O’Leary.

Fall 2001 (Photo by: Javier Mateo)

Company Began: 1966
Website: www.michikokoshino.co.uk

Address:
MICHIKO KOSHINO
Unit 6 - 8, 251 Goswell Road
London EC1V 7JQ
United Kingdom

Contact:
Buyer: Richard Ketley
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7328 7555
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7328 1173
Email:
richard@michikokoshino.co.uk

Press: Andrew / Katie at Cube PR
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7242 5483
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7242 5454
Email:
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