Biography

Kiminori Morishita, originally from Hiroshima-Japan, started his career in fashion industry at TETE HOMME CO., LTD in 1986. He became an assistant designer of MR. Kazutaka Katoh; Founder and the former designer of TETE HOMME; shortly after experiences of patterning, sewing, and designing.

After being the chief-designer for TETE HOMME GARNIER from 1994, and TETE HOMME from 1998, Morishita finally brought his extensive career to designing for his own label Kiminori Morishita in 2002.

Kiminori Morishita presented its runway-shows in Tokyo Fashion Week from SS2003 until AW04-05, then he decided his new challenge to take his place for its exhibition in Paris in January 2005: AW05-06. Even as an unknown label to abroad, Morishita received orders over 20 major shops such as Dantone-Milano, L'Éclaireur-Paris, Maxfield- LA, Harver Nichols- London, etc., which now extended nearly 50 shops all over the world.

In 2005, Morishita was appointed as the creative director for HALB from AW05-06, carried out the first show: SS2006, in Tokyo Fashion week. In January 2007, Morishita forwarded ahead to the further step; successfully performed kiminori morishita AW07-08 COLLECTION - the debut show in Paris.

Designer

Kiminori Morishita