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About a month after Number (N)ine became defunct, Takahiro announced a new brand, named The Soloist. Though not as rock & roll as Number (N)ine, The Soloist approaches similar themes from a new perspective. Jeans composed of different patches of vintage Levi's, ragged edges and wrinkles, animal skins, patched together outerwear and shirting, all with the same level of detail and quality as Number (N)ine, if not more.

F/W 2010







S/S 2011






F/W 2011







S/S 2012







F/W 2012







S/S 2013







F/W 2013

interesting that he's into the americana thing, i see it now but previously i've always had him pegged pretty narrowly into the paul harnden/ann dem victorian scarecrow ethos. thanks for this

you can find flirtations with the 19th century gentleman/dandy aesthetic well into his earlier collections, it being very apparent in his 2006 collections. however, he makes a clear shift in design choice in his last two collections for number (n)ine, they're essentially precursors to what would be fully imagined in The Soloist. i prefer the americana/rock-inspired stuff, but F/W 2009 is by far my favorite season for Miyashita. what a fucking show.

you can see somewhat of a revival of number (n)ine's earlier "look" in S/S 13 of the Soloist, but other than that miyashita is doing quite a bit of sportswear, which is not unlike some of what daiki suzuki is doing. stuff is crazy expensive though. luckily number (n)ine stuff goes for pretty cheap on rak and y!jp, and i've managed to pick up a few pieces, all of which i've been consistently impressed with. i'm not super interested in artisanal quality clothing, but the little details and fit/quality of all the pieces i've bought are far beyond practically all of the designer pieces i've bought. really have made an impression on me. when i have time i'll post a few detail shots of the pieces i have.

good thread hmmwhat

details of my miyashita pieces:

number (n)ine tank (ss08)

soloist shirt (aw11)

soloist tee (ss11, i think)


soloist stuff in particular is amazing wrt fabrics/patterning/construction etc
you can really see why it costs what it does (though it doesn't make the prices any more palatable)

That fashion week looking pic with the bokeh and 80 layers is stupid.

Stuff looks way cooler in the look books etc

symphony #0009 (ss14)

lookbook
http://www.fashion-press.net/collections/2413







product shots
http://www.fashion-press.net/collections/2386

his pieces hits a niche for me. my favorite pair of shoes are the adidas x soloists and that barely brushes upon his collections.

Good thread.

I really like the final n(n) collections like this:



And I'm totally in love with most of The Soloist. Especially his use of grey tones.

last three n(n) collection are basically soloist. the aesthetic shift is very apparent, makes sense that he wished to start a new brand with it's own identity while leaving the spirit of number (n)ine intact.


some seriously nice pieces this season, expecting astronomical prices as usual







and of course the jewelleryyyyyyyyyyyyy

That first shirt is beautiful.

really want this shirt but that price is crazy

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/kind ... 207000337/

symphony #0010




more product shots here: http://www.fashion-press.net/collections/3049