IMARI is a Japanese fashion brand founded in Kumamoto in September 1979 by clothing designer Yoshiko Fukagawa. It handles clothing from planning and design through manufacturing and sales, offering garments and accessories made using traditional materials and techniques such as kimono fabrics, kasuri, indigo dyeing, hemp, Indonesian batik, and sakiori. Centered on incorporating traditional Japanese fabrics and patterns into contemporary life, it also works on developing batik and silk sakiori fabrics. Based in Kumamoto, it holds sales events at department stores in Japan and develops materials in collaboration with Indonesia.
Concept
Imari integrates this tradition and beauty into contemporary fashion, presenting a unique style rooted in Japanese sensibilities.