Biography

Koji Arai, graduated from Tama University Tokyo with a Bachelor's degree in architecture, and then attended the Royal Academy of Antwerpen, earning a Bachelor's degree in fashion.

Yoko Osawa Arai: graduated from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles with a Bachelor's degree in fashion.  Yoko then worked with designer Bernhard Willhelm in Paris and designer Munoz Vrandesic in Barcelona.

Designer

Koji & Yoko Arai

Company profile

History
Established in 2007 with a collection of handmade leather handbags called the "hanger bag." The following year, a small collection of clothing called "Eatable of Many Orders" was released.

Company philosophy
The collection began with the concept of "Eatable," a metaphor for treating products like food and paying careful attention to the "ingredients" of the product. Selected fabrics are made only with natural fibers, and leathers are all vegetable tannin leather hand-dyed with plant dye. The collection also experiments with traditional methods of hand-dye (sushibori), hand embroidery, weaving, etc.

Management