デザイナーAKIRANAKAは、アメリカ滞在中にテーラーと出会いデザインを始める。 アントワープ王立芸術アカデミー在学中にイエール国際モードフェスティバルに選出。 その後アントワープにおいてニットデザイナーに師事し2006年に帰国。07年POESIEをスタート。 21_21DESIGN SIGHTでの”ヨーロッパで出会った新人達展”、ROCKET GALLERYでのエキシビジョン等ンスタレーションでの発表を開始。 09S/Sシーズンよりレーベル名をAKIRANAKAに変更し東京コレクションに参加。同年ベストデビュタントアワード受賞。 テキスタイルの豊かさを強みとし、2016’SPRING COLLECTIONより”attitudeを纏う“をコンセプトにコレクションを展開。 立体裁断による洗練されたシルエットのアイテムや、北欧と日本のハンドニット技術を掛け合わせたクチュールライクなニットを展開。

The designer, Akira Naka encountered Taylor during his stay in America and began designing clothing. While attending The Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts, he was chosen for The International Fashion and Photography Festival of Hyères. After that, he studied under a designer who specializes in knitting in Antwerp and returned to Japan in 2006. He started POESIE in 2007. He began to publish his design via installations such as: “New Creators Met Together in Europe” on the 21_21DESIGN SITE, exhibitions at ROCKET GALLERY, etc. He changed the Label Name to “AKIRANAKA” since the 09S/S season and participated in the Tokyo Collection. In the same year, he received the Best Debutante Award. One of his greatest strengths is the quality and abundance of his textiles which he uses to evolve various collections under the concept of “Wearing the attitude” since the 2016’ SPRING COLLECTION. He crosses North European and Japanese hand knit techniques and uses three-dimensional cutting to create couture-like knit items with a refined silhouette design.