jan- jan van essche is doing it his way.
graduated 2003 in the antwerp royal academy with fourfold award winning final year collection,
jan- jan launched his first collection yukkuri two weeks ago at ateliersolarshop.
yukkuri, japanese for slowly, or taking it easy is the common denominator for a contemporary , urban collection with
folkloristic influences.
good materials, embroidery, waving and braiding technics in sober shades of grey with a dash of light-blue denim
make this a laid back and wearable mens collection. for us it could perfectly work as a unisex collection.
below the designer himself in some of our favourites.
the collection is available off the shelf and numbered and produced in small quantities.
tomorrow is the finissage in antwerp. in september the pop-up-solarshop will be open again
with jan-jan s collection, hui-hui and various other designers.
photographs: lookbook and banner by Piëtro Celestina.
photographs of jan-jan by johanna hui