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Nigö (ニゴー, Nigō, born Tomoaki Nagao (長尾 智明) on December 23, 1970) is a Japanese fashion designer, disc jockey (DJ), record producer and entrepreneur. He is best known as the creator of the streetwear brand, A Bathing Ape (Bape), and currently serves as artistic director for Kenzo.
Jan 19, 2024 · Nigo is himself known for his expression through clothing, cited by musicians and designers from across the global spectrum as a key catalyst in the development of contemporary culture. A Bathing Ape, which he founded in the mid-1990s, was a canonical brand in the first, pre-millennial wave of what is now termed “streetwear” (even if that ...
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Sep 13, 2022 · This chronicle of Nigo’s career began with necklaces with fist-size ape heads inspired by A Bathing Ape, the culture--shifting streetwear brand Nigo founded in Tokyo’s Harajuku neighborhood in...
Jan 22, 2022 · Nigo, the Japanese street wear king, is joining the luxury world and taking on “the greatest challenge” of his career. Share full article. 9. Nigo, the new creative director of Kenzo, at the...
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Music producer, DJ and creator of clothing line BAPE, Nigo, born Tomoaki Nagao, started his fashion career working for Popeye Magazine as an editor.
Jan 21, 2022 · Nigo was born in 1970 as Tomoaki Nagao to a mother who was a nurse and a father who was a metal fabricator. Despite the impact he’s made within fashion, Nagao was not a formally trained fashion...
Sep 15, 2021 · Nigo, one of the first of the streetwear superstars and an in-demand collaborator with multiple brands great and good, was named artistic director of the house on Wednesday by LVMH Moët Hennessy...
