COTTON PAN is a Japanese apparel brand launched in 2018. Illustrator Hikari Watanabe is responsible for design, while Koji Watanabe, who runs the vintage clothing store DANJIL in Machida, oversees direction. The brand centers on preserving as art the cultures, including film and music, that the two want to leave behind, and translating them into clothing. Hikari’s illustrations are printed using hand silk-screen printing, with a focus on multicolor printing and color adjustment, in pursuit of an expression of “wearing culture.”
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wearing culture