Led by designer Tomoaki Okaniwa beginning in 2020, DUELLUM presents another signature collection for A/W ’23.
If you’re not familiar with Tomoaki-san, his primary brand The Virdi Anne should ring a bell. Tomoaki-san’s history within the Japanese fashion scene runs deep — beginning with a fine arts degree at Tokyo Zoukei University and then changing his medium from canvas to body. He starts designing womenswear in the late 80s, presenting it in underground scenes around Tokyo. Eventually, this leaves him wanting to create clothes for himself and the likes; thus, The Virdi Anne was born in 2001.
