平野傑
Inspired by major musicians’ costumes and fashions including Duran Duran, Culture Club, Madonna and Michael Jackson in his junior high school days, he became interested in fashion – where clothing expresses individuality. He studied apparel design at Bunka Fashion College in Tokyo.
After the graduation, he worked for World Co, a Japanese leading apparel company, as a designer, but decided to resign his job in order to "start from scratch” in France.
In early days in France, he created and photographed 30-ish garments, and published his work as 'Not for Sale Exhibition'. The work – his painting, not garments, caught an attention of Le Monde.