Mizen

5 of Mizen's 59 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).

• Kasuri · Japan · East Asia2 looks

  Home tradition

  “Indigo-grey ground with scattered small squares, dashes and crosses in white and teal with soft, slightly blurred edges, like kasuri-style ikat. Could also be generic ikat or a print.”

• Kimono · Japan · East AsiaLook 31

  Home tradition

  “Deconstructed robe with a contrasting navy eri-style collar band running diagonally from the neck, a wide panel sleeve, and fabric wrapped and tied at the waist.”

• Hanbok · Korea · East AsiaLook 25

  Japan → Korea*

  “Long single ribbon hanging from the V-neck recalls a jeogori goreum tie; voluminous wrapped ankle-length lower garment in sheeny silk suggests a chima. Hakama is an alternative reading.”

• Shibori · Japan · East AsiaLook 12

  Home tradition

  “Cerulean cotton with white resist-style blocks, dashes and stitched-line marks resembling stitch-resist dyeing; could also read as Indian or West African resist printing.”