The buzziest womenswear debut on Tokyo Style Week’s slimmed down schedule this season is Yuka Kimura, a 27-year-old Yohji Yamamoto alum who began her personal model, Mukcyen (pronounced muh-shan), in 2023. Kimura is the winner of the JFW Subsequent Model Award 2026, and thus kicked off per week of exhibits along with her first outing for the model.
The present unfolded in a Dune-like palette of skintight clothes, whereas the thick leather-based harnesses, corset jerkins, and chainmail detailing lent a medieval-vampire darkish fantasy vibe. Layered cupro clothes, tops, and leggings clung and hung from the physique like bandages. Appropriately these appears to be like have been a part of what the designer is asking the “second pores and skin sequence,” and had been infused with oil, which Kimura stated will increase the pores and skin’s moisture content material. Clothes meets skincare—useful.
There have been deconstructed pink velour tracksuits too, and among the fashions nursed small beaten-up teddy bears on their sleeves, however any softness was neutralized by the dangerous-looking silver claws from Tokyo-based jewellery designer Fangophilia. Kimura, who has bleached hair and eyebrows and wears quite a lot of body-con black, stated of her aesthetic: “I wish to look severe slightly than enjoyable.”
In addition to a designer, Kimura is an influencer who has constructed a 200k-strong social following, her feed populated with the identical dystopian techno-goth vibes as her runway. And whereas it could be straightforward to write down her off as one other style Instagrammer beginning their very own vainness model, the style expertise and potential was clear at this primary outing. You would actually see these second pores and skin clothes on Tokyo’s edgiest membership youngsters. “The perfect particular person I’m envisioning is somebody who’s assertive and unyielding,” she stated. “It’s about extra than simply being common; I would like the ladies who put on my garments to really feel confident.”