Japanese designer Fumito Ganryu is scheduled to debut at Florence’s iconic menswear trade show PittiUomo 94 in June, Ganryu’s collection is being billed as an exploration of the relationship between body and clothes, revealing the essence of the designer’s personal style, as well as a new interpretation of modern and conceptual aesthetics.
In 2000, Fumito Ganryu graduated from Bunka Fashion College, and developed his career at Comme des Garçons, under the aegis of founder ReiKawakubo. There, between 2004 and 2017, he worked alongside designers such as Junya Watanabe and Tao Kurihara.
In 2007, he launched the Ganryu menswear line for Comme des Garçons, featuring a streetwear style inspired by workwear basics. The line was terminated with the Spring/Summer 2017 season, as the designer left the Japanese label exactly a year ago.
In addition to debuting the Fumito Ganryu label, PittiUomo will also feature Craig Green as menswear guest designer, special guest Roberto Cavalli, and the “Fanatic Feelings Fashion Plays Football” exhibition, curated by contemporary art critic Francesco Bonami, and Markus Ebner, founder of German fashion magazines Achtung and Sepp Football Fashion.
