Sacai: Chitose Abe's five hand-knitted pieces in 1999; leaving work in 1997 when her daughter was born; eight years at Comme des Garçons; the name from her maiden name Sakai; Lagerfeld's flowers after the first Paris runway in 2011
Sacai (@sacaiofficial) showed its spring 2027 collection in Paris on Monday 5 October. Two days earlier Naomi Campbell (@naomi) crossed the city on a Lime e-bike wearing it. Abe was also the first guest designer Jean Paul Gaultier (@jeanpaulgaultier) invited to reinterpret its couture archive.
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01SACAI BEGAN IN 1999 AS FIVE PIECES OF KNITWEAR, MADE BY HAND BY CHITOSE ABE IN TOKYO.
02SHE HAD LEFT HER JOB IN FASHION IN 1997, WHEN HER DAUGHTER WAS BORN.
03BEFORE THAT SHE SPENT EIGHT YEARS AT COMME DES GARÇONS, AS A PATTERN MAKER FOR REI KAWAKUBO, THEN ON JUNYA WATANABE'S TEAM.
04THE NAME IS HER MAIDEN NAME, SAKAI, WITH THE K SWAPPED FOR A C.
05SACAI'S FIRST PARIS RUNWAY SHOW WAS IN 2011. AFTER IT, KARL LAGERFELD STARTED SENDING HER FLOWERS.