Hence the birth of Needles.” But Shimizu’s fashion venture began in 1988, when he launched Nepenthes, a distribution company in Japan with a special focus on U.S.-made goods. He opened the ...

Founded in 1988 as part of designer Keizo Shimizu’s parent company Nepenthes, Needles was initially created to support imported items in the shop and was born after a trademark dispute when ...

It's got a major cult following in Japan and the rest of the world, but Nepenthes brands like Needles have not been available in the United States — until right now. In keeping with the ...

Just asking questions is all. There was a lot to be curious about at Nepenthes, a Japanese company that is parent to Engineered Garments and Needles, brands slowly deconstructing heritage formalism.

Have you guys seen the new Needles drop at Nepenthes New York? WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU EVEN HAVE A HIGHSPEED INTERNET CONNECTION FOR? I know you can just come to this website and find out EVERYTHING ...

The collaboration is set to drop in-store and online on November 3 via Nepenthes New York. Needles has never shied away from getting delightfully weird with its clothes—unafraid to mix patterns ...

Viberg recently collaborated with Needles for a small capsule of hiking ... Each pair is now on display at Nepenthes Hakata where they will later travel to Osaka and finish in Tokyo.

Nepenthes is one of the New York's best slices of Japanese fashion, offsetting its own in-house line with labels like Engineered Garments, and Needles. In the brand/store's latest editorial ...

Go up to the second floor and you’ll find a feast of shoes, from benchmade Aldens and flower child clogs to a grip of collaborative sneakers from EG and Needles. (Nepenthes, based in Japan ...