Sawatakai

Grey Sheep

@sawatakai_newyork

Location

new york / united states

University

fashion institute of technology (FIT) new york.

Graduation year

2010

Sawa Takai founded her namesake label with her sister Rie in New York in 2012, presenting her first capsule women’s collection. Her design is heavily influenced by menswear, stemming from her work experience with Engineered Garments in New York and Guiliano Fujiwara in Milan. Her garments reflect the detailing and reinforcement techniques she has learned by working with these designers and as a result, pants (instead of dresses), form the foundation of her women’s collections. Takai was born in Gifu, Japan in 1987. At the age of 15, she moved to the United States to attend international boarding schools. For university, she was accepted to the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York to pursue design. While at FIT, Takai participated in the Fusion Fashion Show - the annual competition between FIT and Parsons design students - where she won the Best Designer Award. She then took a year to study abroad at the Politecnico di Milano before returning to New York to graduate in 2010.

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