DESIGNER PROFILE: Atsuro Tayama

Over the next coming weeks we at Strut are going to create one "Designer Profile" blog post a week, a small introduction of some of our favorite designers out there! A little post about the designers history filled with pictures of both memorable moments of the designers career and images of our own pieces for sale!

First out is Japanese designer Atsuro Tayama.



ATSURO TAYAMA

Detail from the ATSURO TAYAMA collection of Autumn Winter 2009

Born in 1955, Kunanoto Japan, Atsuro Tayama studied Fashion at the Bunka Fashion College in Tokyo.
When he finished his studies in 1975 he moved straight to Paris to start his work as Yohji Yamamoto head design assistant, which became a long partnership that lasted for eight years and helped mould what Atsuro Tayama is today. After finishing his work with Mr. Yamamoto in 1982, Atsuro returned back to Tokyo to start his own label, which he named A.T. after his initials.

1. Black deconstructed wool dress, mainline Atsuro Tayama.
2. Black three quarter length wool coat, A/T by Atsuro Tayama


Mr Tayamas aesthetic was strongly influenced by his work with Yohji Yamamoto, where you can see elements of the infamous designer's ability to create simple clothes with influences such as 19th century fashion. Atsuro Tayama also embraces the avant-garde which the Japanese designers do so well, frequently creating designs that are far removed from current western trends.
Mr Tayamas clothing also sometimes has hints of Yohji's signature oversized silhouettes in black, draped in varying textures clashed with extremely well tailored pieces. In 1986 Mr Tayama moved back to Paris and took his brand with him, opening his first shop in Europe, and in 1991 he made his first prét-a-porter show in Paris, introducing his mainline for women "Atsuro Tayama".

1. Atsuro Tayama campaign by Jean Baptiste Mondino Autumn Winter 99-00
2. Black deconstructed floor length skirt,
mainline Atsuro Tayama, with pleated wrap detail.