現実に潜むファンタジーを、本質的な感覚で切りとっていく。
ファッションを生きる行為そのものと捉え、それを纏うひとの生き方や姿勢が感じられる衣服を提案していきます。
Driven by the philosophy that fashion is a posture, a performance, and a living act, AKIKOAOKI seeks to create a novel and nostalgic world of fashion by drawing out the fantasy that hides beneath the surface of everyday life. Through a deconstruction and reassembly of the essence of womenswear, AKIKOAOKI offers a vision that is not only classic and delicate, but also unique, subversive and individual.
Designer
青木 明子 / Akiko Aoki
Biography
2009
女子美術大学ファッション造形学科卒業後、ロンドンのCentral Saint Martinsにてファッションを学ぶ。帰国後コレクションブランドでアシスタントを経て、2014年よりウィメンズウェアブランドAKIKOAOKIをスタート。2015 S/Sシーズンより、Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYOにてコレクションを発表。
2014
公益法人 日本服飾文化振興財団 JFLF AWARD 2014
2018
LVMH Young Fashion Designers Prize 2018 — Shortlist
毎日ファッション大賞 新人賞・資生堂奨励賞
Vogue JAPAN Rising Star of the Year 2018
Fashion Asia Hong Kong 2018
2019
JETRO — Tomorrow Showroom, Paris
2022
TOKYO FASHION AWARD 2023
Brand Profile
AKIKOAOKI is a Tokyo-based womenswear label by designer Akiko Aoki. After graduating from Joshibi University of Art and Design in Tokyo, Akiko continued her studies at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. She returned to Tokyo and worked as a design assistant before launching her own label at Tokyo Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2015.
Shortlisted for the 2018 LVMH Young Fashion Designers Prize. Winner of the Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix Shiseido Sponsorship Award, Vogue JAPAN Rising Star of the Year 2018, and Fashion Asia Hong Kong 2018. Selected for JETRO's Tomorrow Showroom in Paris in 2019. Winner of TOKYO FASHION AWARD 2023.