LANDLORD
For Landlord's third season, Creative Director, Ryohei Kawanishi, finds inspiration in the hip-hop fashion scene of the 90's-00's; noting the impact of Southern hip-hop artists, their influence on fashion, sans the style cues that Kawanishi continues to see to this day in his neighborhood in Harlem, NY. The Fall/Winter 2017 collection fuses this aesthetic with Landlord's utilitarian DNA to present street wear through a new lens.
Kawanishi also takes inspiration from Mauri, an Italian footwear brand that many of his favorites rappers wore in the late 90's. :"I always loved Mauri because of the way the used exotic skins in their designs," says Kawannishi. "I wanted to incorporate a similar sensibility into this collection so we could bring an element of luxury back into today's street wear conversation. "Kawanishi accomplishes this idea- not only by styling models in Mauri footwear- but applying plackets of alligator and stingray skins to the pockets on Landlord's oversized work shirts.