For the paratrait Fall 2025 collection, Shunta Sakai takes inspiration from ancient Buddhism and mountain worship in Kathmandu, Nepal; along with research centred on Japan’s fusion of Shinto and Buddhist beliefs, and animism. The collection encourages reflection on the nature of life through the confrontation of the inevitability of death. Through the concept of reincarnation, garments in the collection capture those moments where endings and beginnings come together.
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Collection
- Brand: paratrait
- Season: Fall 2025
- By: Shunta Sakai
- Type: Menswear
- Event: Tokyo Fashion Week
- Date: March 21, 2025
Team
- Show Director: Fuminori Sakai (VISIONS AND PARADOX)
- Styling: Daichi Hatsuzawa
- Hair: Kazuhiro Naka
- Makeup: Kazuhiro Takenaka (HACO MANAGEMENT)
- Music: Natsuki Nakajima (MAGNETICA studio)
- Casting Director: Shimana (SMN CASTING)
- Set Designer: Gaku Sasaki (VISIONS AND PARADOX)
- Production: Keita Furusawa (VISIONS AND PARADOX)
- Art Director: Must Shiraishi (scenescape)
Media
- Photo Credit: Koji Shimamura | Courtesy of paratrait
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