(SOLD): HARADA, Manabu. Nigo’s: The Future is in the Past — NIGO’s Vintage Archive.

(Tokyo): Bunka Gakuen, 2022. First edition. Exhibition catalogue. Softcover. 21 by 14.8cm 128 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Japanese and English text. Published to accompany NIGO’s first large-scale exhibition of his personal vintage archive at the Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum in Tokyo, 14 September–13 November 2022. Curated by vintage specialist Manabu Harada, the catalogue presents a selection of objects collected by the designer since his youth, including vintage denim, military garments, souvenir jackets, accessories and other cultural artefacts that shaped NIGO’s visual language. More than a record of collecting, it shows how historical styles and objects became a sourcebook for his own work, from A Bathing Ape to HUMAN MADE and his later fashion collaborations. A very good copy in wrappers.