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Instead the vision is clear and in the forefront, fashion is used as a platform to
communicate with a wide and varied audience.
From a partnership forged in the early 90's, Eley Kishimoto quickly gained a reputation for
incisive and intelligent print design with their work being displayed on the catwalks of the
world through work with Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, Alber Elbaz
and Jil Sander, to name but a few. Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto were also creative
directors of French based fashion house Cacharel for AW08/09 through to SS09.
In the mid 90's the partnership moved into the fashion world with the launch of their first
womenswear collection; this proved to be such a success that the company has produced
collections ever since. The principle activity is womenswear fashion, but Eley Kishimoto
has already worked with partners to offer footwear, hosiery, sunglasses, leather belts, and
various 'flash' collaborations, under the umbrella of womenswear mainline.
In addition to this, numerous products such as wallpaper, furniture; upholstered and
printed, and furnishing fabrics, glassware, crockery have been developed. And, the brand
has also moved into areas usually unorthodox to fashion designers; automotive,
architecture, phone/computer technology and packaging, and artist and gallery
collaborations.
Sold internationally from London, Paris and Japan, it only seemed natural that in 2007 a
Japanese licensing partnership was established enabling the brand to further broaden it's
product offer. The addition of watch, jewellery, bag and kimono lines heralded the start
of infinite opportunities.
With so many strings to their creative bow it is easy to see how they have gained their
reputation as the patron saints of print.
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Last Updated: 4/5/2011
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