A Magazine Curated By is a unique concept magazine that invites a fashion designer as a guest curator in each issue, exploring their unique worldview. For issue 25, the guest curator is sacai founder and designer, Chitose Abe. The magazine invites contributions from a variety of people close to the designer, including family, friends, artistic collaborators, and fashion brands, to create 200 pages of cultural and creative content.
Courtesy of sacai
With a cover featuring a pioneering image in ultramarine blue and content presented in both English and Japanese, the magazine explores the community and high-concept world behind sacai, from a portrait series showcasing an international flair from Tokyo to Los Angeles using #sacaiTHEpeople, to commissioned projects by chefs, industrial designers, architects, artists, writers, and business analysts. From material concerns like minimalist architecture and upcycled industrial design to intangible possibilities like CGI production and AI-powered fashion reportage, Abe channels sacai's collaborative spirit into a strikingly contemporary documentary that approaches hybridity and the brand's core values of "security and betrayal" in different ways.
STOOL wood sourced from vintage Aalto stool, Norwegian rose marble, acrylic (2023) by Gelchop, photographed by Joaquin Leguinge/Courtesy of sacai
Photographed in their home lands by top photographers, the international portfolio pages feature works by Rashida Jones, Shiori Kutsuna, Edison Chen, Qin Shupei, Dr. Woo, Yosuke Kubozuka, Michel Gaubert, Karl Templer, and many others. Celebrities such as Rashida Jones by Noua Unu Studio, featured within sacaiTHEpeople/Courtesy of sacai
Styled by Karl Templer, fashion photographer Craig McDean shot Australian model Julia Nobis on the streets of New York. The exhibition will also feature the 2023 Fall/Winter collection and CARTIER TRINITY FOR CHITOSE ABE of sacai, a limited edition jewelry collection created by Cartier and Chitose Abe, and will tell a fashion story inspired by photographer Eadweard Muybridge.
Julia Walking (After Muybridge) by Craig McDean & Karl Templer/Courtesy of sacai
In collaboration with TOO MUCH Magazine, a Tokyo-based independent magazine focusing on topics related to art and architecture, we explore the connection between sacai and architecture through in-depth interviews with renowned Japanese architects Sou Fujimoto and Yusuke Seki, who respectively undertook the extensive renovation of sacai's flagship store, sacai Aoyama.
Shiroiya Hotel, Maebashi, Japan (renovation, 2020) by Sou Fujimoto Photography by Kohei Kawatani/Courtesy of sacai
This film pays homage to American conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner and features a new interview with curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, as well as a historic conversation with Weiner, with whom sacai collaborated on the brand's Spring/Summer 2018 men's collection.
Where’s Chitose? ‘The Global Identity Project’ (2023) by Pablo Zuleta Zahr/Courtesy of sacai
The food story trilogy, “saCOOKBOOK,” is comprised of concepts and dishes created specifically for this issue by Toraya, a long-established Japanese confectionery shop in Kyoto; two-Michelin-star chef Yoshihiro Narusawa; and Ghetto Gastro, a food collective trio based in the Bronx, New York.
Hybrid wagashi by Toraya Photographed by Toru Oshima/Courtesy of sacai
The first part of the magazine features an unprecedented interview with Abe Chitose and sacai's creative advisor, Gemma Daisuke, conducted by Tokyo-based counselor Josephine Creighton. She approaches the pair's creative collaboration from a psychological perspective. The report also features an in-depth business case study and market analysis on the evolution of apparel and footwear collaborations with Nike, conducted by Harvard Business School graduate students Shawn Horvath and Stephanie Fei.
THE D SoraKi wears sacai x Carhartt autumn winter 2023 by ROLLSWYZE/Courtesy of sacai
Photographer ROLLS WYZE captures award-winning beat dancer The D Soraki, who combines the worlds of dance and fashion, dancing on the streets of Shinjuku, Tokyo wearing voluminous designs by sacai, including collaborations with Carhartt WIP and Moncler.
Contributors
Chika Suzuki, Craig McDean, Daisuke Gemma, Daniel Arnold, Dr. Wu, Edison Chen, Gelchop, Ghetto Gastro, Hank Willis Thomas, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jack Pierson, Jean Touitou, Joaquin Laguinge, Karl Temper, Katsu Naito, Keith Oshiro, Kohei Kawatani, Lawrence Weiner, Marvin Louvey, Michel Gobert, Noor Unu Studio, Pablo Zuret Saar, Pixo, Rashida Jones, ROLLSWYZE , Laurie van Millingen, Sarah Andelman, Shiori Kutsuna, Shupei Hata, Sou Fujimoto, Takashi Homma, Tariq Trotter (aka Black Thought), Soraki, Toraya, Vince Aoun, Yoshito Tsujimura, Yoshihiro Narisawa, Yosuke Kubozuka, Yusuke Seki, and others.
sacai
Incorporating a hybrid mindset, Abe combines contrasting textures—knits and delicate woven fabrics—and reinterprets patterns, transforming clothes into unexpected shapes and silhouettes. While the collection exhibits a feminine touch, Abe's interest remains in creating unique yet timeless garments, innovative and experimental. Inspired by his observations of everyday life and the people around him, his collection subverts and transforms basic, classic pieces to exude a unique elegance. The pieces are suitable for a variety of occasions, not just specific ones.
A Magazine Curated By
A Magazine Curated By is a unique concept magazine that invites a fashion designer as a guest curator in each issue to explore their worldview. In collaboration with the editorial team, the guest curators express cultural values and aesthetics through innovative, original content. Each issue celebrates the designer's ideals: people, passion, stories, emotion, curiosity, spontaneity and authenticity. As Belgium's first fashion magazine, A Magazine Curated By offers an intimate look at today's most influential fashion designers and has garnered international acclaim.
Past curators include Alessandro Michele, Delfina Delettrez, Eckhaus Latta, Erdem, Francesco Risso, Giambattista Vá, Grace Wales Bonner, Haider Ackermann, Takahashi Jun, Kim Jones, Lucie and Luke Meier, Maison Martin Margiela, Pierpaolo Piccioli, Proenza Schouler, Riccardo Tisci, Simone Rocha, Stephen Jones, Thom Browne, and Yohji Yamamoto. - Meiré und Meiré
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Legal representative:Fatine Layt
Chief Executive Officer:Yves Bougon
Chief Operations OfficerMickael:Berret
Managing Editor:Emma Haikonen
Courtesy of sacaiWith a cover featuring a pioneering image in ultramarine blue and content presented in both English and Japanese, the magazine explores the community and high-concept world behind sacai, from a portrait series showcasing an international flair from Tokyo to Los Angeles using #sacaiTHEpeople, to commissioned projects by chefs, industrial designers, architects, artists, writers, and business analysts. From material concerns like minimalist architecture and upcycled industrial design to intangible possibilities like CGI production and AI-powered fashion reportage, Abe channels sacai's collaborative spirit into a strikingly contemporary documentary that approaches hybridity and the brand's core values of "security and betrayal" in different ways.
STOOL wood sourced from vintage Aalto stool, Norwegian rose marble, acrylic (2023) by Gelchop, photographed by Joaquin Leguinge/Courtesy of sacaiPhotographed in their home lands by top photographers, the international portfolio pages feature works by Rashida Jones, Shiori Kutsuna, Edison Chen, Qin Shupei, Dr. Woo, Yosuke Kubozuka, Michel Gaubert, Karl Templer, and many others. Celebrities such as Rashida Jones by Noua Unu Studio, featured within sacaiTHEpeople/Courtesy of sacai
Styled by Karl Templer, fashion photographer Craig McDean shot Australian model Julia Nobis on the streets of New York. The exhibition will also feature the 2023 Fall/Winter collection and CARTIER TRINITY FOR CHITOSE ABE of sacai, a limited edition jewelry collection created by Cartier and Chitose Abe, and will tell a fashion story inspired by photographer Eadweard Muybridge.
Julia Walking (After Muybridge) by Craig McDean & Karl Templer/Courtesy of sacaiIn collaboration with TOO MUCH Magazine, a Tokyo-based independent magazine focusing on topics related to art and architecture, we explore the connection between sacai and architecture through in-depth interviews with renowned Japanese architects Sou Fujimoto and Yusuke Seki, who respectively undertook the extensive renovation of sacai's flagship store, sacai Aoyama.
Shiroiya Hotel, Maebashi, Japan (renovation, 2020) by Sou Fujimoto Photography by Kohei Kawatani/Courtesy of sacaiThis film pays homage to American conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner and features a new interview with curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, as well as a historic conversation with Weiner, with whom sacai collaborated on the brand's Spring/Summer 2018 men's collection.
Where’s Chitose? ‘The Global Identity Project’ (2023) by Pablo Zuleta Zahr/Courtesy of sacaiThe food story trilogy, “saCOOKBOOK,” is comprised of concepts and dishes created specifically for this issue by Toraya, a long-established Japanese confectionery shop in Kyoto; two-Michelin-star chef Yoshihiro Narusawa; and Ghetto Gastro, a food collective trio based in the Bronx, New York.
Hybrid wagashi by Toraya Photographed by Toru Oshima/Courtesy of sacaiThe first part of the magazine features an unprecedented interview with Abe Chitose and sacai's creative advisor, Gemma Daisuke, conducted by Tokyo-based counselor Josephine Creighton. She approaches the pair's creative collaboration from a psychological perspective. The report also features an in-depth business case study and market analysis on the evolution of apparel and footwear collaborations with Nike, conducted by Harvard Business School graduate students Shawn Horvath and Stephanie Fei.
THE D SoraKi wears sacai x Carhartt autumn winter 2023 by ROLLSWYZE/Courtesy of sacaiPhotographer ROLLS WYZE captures award-winning beat dancer The D Soraki, who combines the worlds of dance and fashion, dancing on the streets of Shinjuku, Tokyo wearing voluminous designs by sacai, including collaborations with Carhartt WIP and Moncler.
Contributors
Chika Suzuki, Craig McDean, Daisuke Gemma, Daniel Arnold, Dr. Wu, Edison Chen, Gelchop, Ghetto Gastro, Hank Willis Thomas, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jack Pierson, Jean Touitou, Joaquin Laguinge, Karl Temper, Katsu Naito, Keith Oshiro, Kohei Kawatani, Lawrence Weiner, Marvin Louvey, Michel Gobert, Noor Unu Studio, Pablo Zuret Saar, Pixo, Rashida Jones, ROLLSWYZE , Laurie van Millingen, Sarah Andelman, Shiori Kutsuna, Shupei Hata, Sou Fujimoto, Takashi Homma, Tariq Trotter (aka Black Thought), Soraki, Toraya, Vince Aoun, Yoshito Tsujimura, Yoshihiro Narisawa, Yosuke Kubozuka, Yusuke Seki, and others.
sacai
Incorporating a hybrid mindset, Abe combines contrasting textures—knits and delicate woven fabrics—and reinterprets patterns, transforming clothes into unexpected shapes and silhouettes. While the collection exhibits a feminine touch, Abe's interest remains in creating unique yet timeless garments, innovative and experimental. Inspired by his observations of everyday life and the people around him, his collection subverts and transforms basic, classic pieces to exude a unique elegance. The pieces are suitable for a variety of occasions, not just specific ones.
A Magazine Curated By
A Magazine Curated By is a unique concept magazine that invites a fashion designer as a guest curator in each issue to explore their worldview. In collaboration with the editorial team, the guest curators express cultural values and aesthetics through innovative, original content. Each issue celebrates the designer's ideals: people, passion, stories, emotion, curiosity, spontaneity and authenticity. As Belgium's first fashion magazine, A Magazine Curated By offers an intimate look at today's most influential fashion designers and has garnered international acclaim.
Past curators include Alessandro Michele, Delfina Delettrez, Eckhaus Latta, Erdem, Francesco Risso, Giambattista Vá, Grace Wales Bonner, Haider Ackermann, Takahashi Jun, Kim Jones, Lucie and Luke Meier, Maison Martin Margiela, Pierpaolo Piccioli, Proenza Schouler, Riccardo Tisci, Simone Rocha, Stephen Jones, Thom Browne, and Yohji Yamamoto. - Meiré und Meiré
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Legal representative:Fatine Layt
Chief Executive Officer:Yves Bougon
Chief Operations OfficerMickael:Berret
Managing Editor:Emma Haikonen
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