DOVER STREET MARKET SS12 TACHIAGARI
influential fashion store's bi-annual transformation...
With revamped spaces from Hussein Chalayan, Ann Demeulemeester, and the introduction of Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, it is - as ever - one of planet fashion's most influential ports of call...
It’s probably (well, unquestionably) fair to say, that Dover Street Market is London’s most notable destination for bleeding-edge haute couture. The brainchild of Comme des Garçons’ über-creative founder, Rei Kawakubo, DSM undergoes a bi-annual Tachiagari (Japanese for beginning), where the 6-floor marketplace of “beautiful chaos” shuts down for 3 days, only to be reborn with new spaces, collections and concepts – many of which the designers themselves get involved in. 2012′s first Tachiagari has just unveiled itself on the beautiful creatures of London town; and with revamped spaces from Hussein Chalayan, Ann Demeulemeester, and the introduction of Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, it is – as ever – one of planet fashion’s most influential ports of call…
VIA: http://www.weheart.co.uk/2012/01/25/dover-street-market-ss12-tachiagari/
Carlos Flores