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Chitose Abe

  • Hybrid construction
  • Knitwear

Chitose Abe founded Sacai in 1999 after working at Comme des Garçons and on Junya Watanabe’s label. Her central idea is hybrid construction: combining elements of familiar garments into something newly complex.

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Five looks to know

Sacai — Look 1 — Chitose Abe, Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Sacai — Look 1

Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Dan Lecca / Courtesy of Sacai
Sacai — Look 7 — Chitose Abe, Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Sacai — Look 7

Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Dan Lecca / Courtesy of Sacai
Sacai — Look 14 — Chitose Abe, Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Sacai — Look 14

Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Dan Lecca / Courtesy of Sacai
Sacai — Look 21 — Chitose Abe, Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Sacai — Look 21

Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Dan Lecca / Courtesy of Sacai
Sacai — Look 27 — Chitose Abe, Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Sacai — Look 27

Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Dan Lecca / Courtesy of Sacai

Collections & archive pieces

1 collections represented · 1 piece

Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear

1 piece

About Chitose Abe

Beginning with knitwear made from home, she expanded internationally during the 2000s and began presenting in Paris in 2009.