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PEPPER AND PISTOL

PEOPLEText: Yukiko Oyama

How do you present your collection? Mostly in magazines or advertisement?

It is very important to us to shoot a lookbook each season to complete our story, it is more elaborate than lookbooks usually are. We want to give the collection a unique expression, show its fun and elegance.

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Winter 08 – Underworld

The print is very unique and original with good sizing, elegance and refined… What girls are you aiming to be worn?

Girls who can have fun dressing and styling, who don’t take fashion too serious, probably from mid 20s up.

Looking at your garments, you seem to emphasize on the fabric quality. What kind of fabric you mostly use? Please tell me why.

Good quality fabric with a nice hand to it is definitely important to us and goes in line with our emphasize on clean, high quality garment construction. Fabrics must be easy to wear and feel nice on the skin. We use a lot of silks, light cottons, and silk cotton blends. To mix it up we also like fabrics with slight textures like unique jaquards, great new fabric washes, or fabrics with other interesting finishes to them.

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Winter 07 – Polaris

What fashion styles attract you the most? Do you have any other hobbies or passions?

We enjoy art in general, the Brooklyn music scene, socializing with friends, traveling for inspiration.

What do you think about fashion scene in Japan? Do you like the style?

We love Japanese fashion, the way Japanese ‘play’ with their style and usually are not too afraid to express it. There is so much variety in the shops for even little things like socks for example, which might not be regarded as a big fashion item here in USA.

Are you planning to expand to accessories, shoes or men’s line in the future?

Yes, in fact, we do plan to do a few jewelry pieces for our next collection in September. We also have been wanting to do hosiery and other accessories in the future; we have plenty of ideas… if only we had more money! As for a men’s line, we have been doing a couple of silk-screened tees for the boys, which have been a big success, so we will definitely keep doing more.

What is your plan for the future?

Hopefully we will be able to present our next collection in Paris to get more presence in Europe and Asia also.

Text: Yukiko Oyama
Photos: Courtesy of Pepper and Pistol

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