Tsumori Chisato's 35 Years at Shibuya Hikarie

Longevity is rare in fashion, which is why Tsumori Chisato's 35th anniversary exhibition at Shibuya Hikarie, staged during Tokyo Fashion Week's March 2026 edition, functioned as more than a nostalgia lap.

The designer, known for a playful, illustration-driven aesthetic that has stayed recognisably her own across more than three decades, used the milestone to trace how her particular visual language — whimsical prints, unexpected colour combinations, a persistent sense of joy — has held up against three and a half decades of shifting Japanese fashion trends. In an industry where creative directors routinely rotate through houses every few years, a designer still building on her own founding vision after 35 years reads as its own quiet act of defiance.