mukcyen is a Tokyo-based womenswear brand founded in 2023 by designer Yuka Kimura. Born in Tokyo, Kimura spent her early childhood in Fujian Province, China. After graduating from Bunka Fashion College, she worked in planning roles at Japanese designer brands before launching her own label. The brand name is a coined word based on the Chinese rendering of Kimura’s surname, reflecting an aim to create expressions that do not fit within existing categories. Drawing on human complexity, the fluidity of time, and perspectives on life and death, the brand develops collections incorporating cultural elements such as literature and film. Slim-fit cut-and-sew pieces and corsets are among its signature items.
Concept
Focusing on human complexity and the fluidity of time, the brand takes intense feelings about death as a starting point and brings together cultural elements such as cult films and literature to create distinctive representations of humanity. These are translated into clothing that conveys and seeks out forms of human relationships.