
Takuya Miyama, Tomoko Kamijima/near.nippon 275
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The company name
evokes geographical
references, but it is
actually conceptual:
near is used to bring
an element closer to
another end. Deeply
rooted in tradition
and holistic allusions,
designers Takuya
Miyama and Tomoko
Kamijima believe
that nature ows
not from the center
but from the linking
of two circles. More
speci cally, they care to
make universality and
contemporaneousness
coexist in their
garments. Trends tend
to wear thin and lose
color. In the opinion
of the Japanese duo,
clothes take root in
life and for this they
never truly fade. This
is r ...