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"textContent": "Seven designers who completed the picture of Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo AW26: from heritage reinventions to double-award debuts. A week of fashion doesn’t reveal itself all at once. “Signals from Tokyo” caught the collective mood of Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo AW26; “Behind the Curtain” went backstage. But some shows need their own space — collections too singular to fold into a trend, designers whose stories only sharpen when told at length. This final piece gives that space to seven of them: from a heritage house reopening with live jazz to an entirely handmade garden built for the myth of Orpheus, from a Paris-trained newcomer looping an infinity runway to a 26-year-old closing the week with Marie Antoinette reimagined in black lace. They don’t define the season so much as complete it. mukcyen: Closing Night Before a single garment appeared, there was the curtain. Translucent white panels hung floor-to-ceiling at Shibuya Hikarie, backlit by a low row of floor spots, and behind them, barely visible, a figure waited. For a few suspended seconds, the mukcyen show existed only as a silhouette and a promise. It was the final night of Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo AW26, and the week’s most decorated newcomer... Read more »\n\nThe post tokyo’s new vanguard appeared first on Schön! Magazine.",
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