#Takahiro Miyashita’s well-documented musical obsessions could only slant one direction for #Spring2017: #DavidBowie. The spirit of reinvention inherent in Bowie’s multiple stage personas was the underlying theme in this, the strongest collection the former Number (N)ine #designer has put out under his Soloist imprint. In fact, scratch that: This season, the line was semi-officially rechristened #Takahiromiyashita “The Skoloct.” No idea what that is? Me neither, until a few hours ago.
#TheSkoloct is a fictional creature invented by #TsuyoshiNakano, a #Tokyo-based #artist friend of Miyashita: The two #collaborated on the #collection, which prominently featured the character, a mysterious life-form from #Harajuku that sort of looks like a cross between Bugs Bunny and Jake the Dog from the Adventure Time animated series. He’s not quite so anonymous to fans of Pharrell Williams and Nigo’s cult label Billionaire Boys Club, who collaborated with the Skoloct for a 2014 range.