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ZANINI with A&S – Portrait 02

We are pleased to announce the arrival of the 23AW collection at Arts & Science, made in collaboration with Marco Zanini, designer of ZANINI. This season we developed a unique visual presentation for the collection: photographs of real people from diverse backgrounds wearing the collection. The photographs are set in the places that have a connection to the subjects' work and daily lives. “The marriage of fashion and photography creates a single expression,” says Zanini. The idea to photograph real people and not models began to develop last autumn, when Marco visited Kyoto and met this florist.

  • Q1: What kind of work do you do?

    • Ans.

      Chef.

  • Q2: Why do you do what you do for a living? What made you choose it and what attracted you to it?

    • Ans.

      Cooking was the only thing that kept me going. Cooking is a kind of remedy for me, and I am happy to see the joy on someone’s face through my cooking.

  • Q3: Please tell us about the path you took into your current occupation.

    • Ans.

      After studying business management in college, I entered into the culinary world.

  • Q4: What does wearing clothes mean to you?

    • Ans.

      Pure joy. An essential part of life.

ZA Oversized Painter Shirt / ZA Back Gum One Tuck Trousers

Detail
Shirt

MATERIAL: 100% wool (Premium fine wool mini check)

SIZE: 1, 2, 3

COLOR: Black (PHOTO), navy

PRICE: ¥84,700 (¥77,000 excl. tax)

SHOP: A&S AOYAMA, &SHOP AOYAMA, &SHOP KYOTO, A&S FUKUOKA

Pants

MATERIAL: 95% wool, 5% vicuna (Special fine wool vicuna flannel)

SIZE: 1, 2, 3

COLOR: Charcoal top gray (PHOTO), olive brown

PRICE: ¥136,400 (¥124,000 excl. tax)

SHOP: A&S AOYAMA, &SHOP AOYAMA, A&S KYOTO, &SHOP KYOTO, A&S FUKUOKA

*Other items: personal belongings

  • Q1: What kind of work do you do?

    • Ans.

      Metal work and vessel restoration.

  • Q2: Why do you do what you do for a living? What made you choose it and what attracted you to it?

    • Ans.

      When I restore vessels using traditional techniques and materials, I feel that even my own mind and body are healed and conditioned through the process.Urushi lacquer is moody and also not the easiest material to handle, which is actually what I find attractive about it. There is a lot to learn from urushi.

  • Q3: Please tell us about the path you took into your current occupation.

    • Ans.

      I studied urushi lacquer painting and Japanese maki-e (gold-relief lacquerware) in my art classes in high school. I had been away from the urushi craft for a long time, but some years ago, I reunited with the material as I started kintsugi (the art of fixing broken pottery with a lacquer resin infused with powdered gold).

  • Q4: What does wearing clothes mean to you?

    • Ans.

      It is one of my favorite things. Sometimes it’s about getting to know yourself and training yourself. I would like to dress as if I am dancing.

ZA Shirt Dress

Detail
MATERIAL

100% wool (Washable fine wool viyella)

SIZE

1, 2

COLOR

Black

PRICE

¥113,300 (¥103,000 excl. tax)

SHOP

A&S AOYAMA, A&S MARUNOUCHI, A&S KYOTO, A&S FUKUOKA

*Other items: personal belongings

Photos by Taro Hirano

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