Toshiaki Kato (VCM MARKET BOOTH/4F)
PROFILE
Store manager of "VCM MARKET BOOTH". After graduating from Bunka Fashion College, he participated in the launch of the select store "Reshop," worked as a designer for an eyewear brand, and ran an appointment-only vintage clothing store, among many other activities in the apparel industry. He also writes for the media to support vintage clothing stores in various regions.
Instagram:.@_toshiaki_kato_
VCM MARKET BOOTH" just opened in Shibuya Parco in February 2022.
Kato:Stores dealing in vintage clothing and vintage goods from all over Japan are gathered in this space to offer new values. The stores are scheduled to change regularly, and while I serve as the store manager, I also travel around the country to research and market the stores.
Kato-san, do you yourself usually wear vintage clothes?
Kato:Yes, I do. I especially love American casual wear, and it is always at the base of my styling.
What kind of clothes do you usually wear in the summer?
Kato:In summer, I generally wear T-shirts and shorts, and I especially like T-shirts with prints of music and movies, and I have quite a few different kinds of T-shirts. Today, I pulled out a few of them for the essentials shoot.
Thank you very much! Are these music print T-shirts directly from your favorite genre? What kind of music do you usually listen to?
Kato:Blues, funk, 90s hip-hop, abstract hip-hop, ambient, and amateur piano are my favorite genres. Recently, I have also been into radio, listening to Tatsuro Yamashita's "Sunday Songbook" as well as programs by Peter Barakan, Toshio Matsuura, Haruomi Hosono, and others, and shazam the songs I like and listen to them on ....... and I have been exposed to various kinds of music this summer as well.
It's summer. Do you go to music festivals and live concerts?
Kato:I haven't been to a festival yet, but recently I went to a DJ event with Calm and KRUSH, a live concert by singer-songwriter HIMI, and went to Liquid to see Kan Takagi's 60th birthday concert.
One of the essentials was selected at "mimi33 (4F)," a store specializing in earrings and pierced earrings that is a good friend and neighbor of VCM. Ms. Kato chose...
What else do you plan to do this summer?
Kato:Just recently, I started mountain climbing. The owner of my favorite bar in Koenji recommended it to me, and I was hooked. Before Corona, my usual summer routine was to go to the municipal swimming pool, burn off my body, and then go to a bar with red lanterns and have a drink.
Actually, I have recently started mountain climbing myself (laughs). (laughs) I have only climbed a few low mountains in the Kanto region. How many times have you climbed, Mr. Kato?
Kato:Wow - I see! What mountains do you recommend, please let me know! I've only climbed it 3 times, but what can I say, the view and the air are great.
I feel like I'm getting healthier in both body and mind.
Kato:Mr. Hosono said on the radio that people need to step on soil, not concrete, and it is true when I see people as old as 60 or 70 years old climbing up the mountain in good spirits.
What's the next mountain you plan to climb?
Kato:I would like to climb Mt. Gozaisho, which is located between Mie and Shiga prefectures!
Mr. Kato's summer essentials
Short-sleeved shirts are an item I often wear in the summer. I especially like shirts from around the 1960s, and this one is from Sears, which I bought at a vintage clothing store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, because of the slap tag.
The perfume, which she recently started wearing for the first time since high school, is from the Seoul-based brand "Nonfiction. It's an item I can't live without now, just like I always carry a bandana with me every day," says Kato.
The new men's line "MR.mimi33" developed by "mimi33". Mr. Kato chose "MR.F118 (SV) ¥6,930," an ear cuff that can be worn casually.
4. a small selection of personal printed T's related to music and movies
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