Cote Mer

37 of Cote Mer's 37 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in Japan (inferred from the fashion week it shows at).

• Kimono / obi brocade · Japan · East Asia30 looks

  Home tradition

  “Gold-metallic woven brocade panels with chrysanthemums, cherry blossoms, maple leaves, cranes, pine and seigaiha waves, consistent with repurposed kimono and obi fabrics.”

• Boro patchwork · Japan · East Asia7 looks

  Home tradition

  “Pieced indigo cotton patches of varied blues and patterns, layered and mended look, reworked into a leather-sleeved pullover and cargo trousers.”

• Sashiko · Japan · East Asia6 looks

  Home tradition

  “Dense rows of white running stitches over indigo patches, typical sashiko reinforcement stitching visible across the panels.”

• Kasuri · Japan · East Asia4 looks

  Home tradition

  “Dark indigo cloth with small scattered white flecks typical of Japanese kasuri ikat, used as the ground of the trousers.”

• Seigaiha wave motif · Japan · East Asia2 looks

  Home tradition

  “Overlapping concentric blue-and-white wave scallops (seigaiha) on several coat panels and lower front.”

• Kimono · Japan · East Asia2 looks

  Home tradition

  “Trousers patchworked from kimono silks: cranes, chrysanthemums, fans and gold-outlined motifs in red and orange, characteristic of furisode/uchikake yuzen-dyed kimono textiles.”

• Haori · Japan · East Asia2 looks

  Home tradition

  “Open-front coat with continuous straight collar band, no closures, straight-cut body; lengthened and given set-in tailored shoulders.”

• Tsutsugaki indigo resist · Japan · East Asia2 looks

  Home tradition

  “Faded indigo ground with large freehand white resist-drawn motifs (cord knot, flowers, leaves) typical of Japanese tsutsugaki futon or festival cloth, recut into a leather-lapelled biker jacket.”