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    Makoto Kikuchi

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    Latest articles by Makoto Kikuchi

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    Japanese hair artist and wigmaker Tomihiro Kono – who has worked with Junya Watanabe, Comme des Garçons, and Björk – invites us into his Tokyo studio

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      By Makoto Kikuchi Published 30 August 23

    • Japanese wigmaker, practising traditional Japanese hair art

      Japanese hair art: geiko wigmakers in Kyoto bring modernity to an age-old art

      In the first of a three-part series on Japanese hair art, we visit the studio of a father-and-son team in Kyoto, making wigs for the city’s geishas

      By Makoto Kikuchi Published 21 August 23

    • multi-coloured wigs, resembling sea creatures draped over model's head, by Japanese hair artist Tomihiro Kono, from the book Fancy Creatures

      Japanese hair artist Tomihiro Kono debuts new book of fanciful wigs

      The hair artist debuts his most surreal wigs yet in the new book, ‘Fancy Creatures’

      By Makoto Kikuchi Published 7 February 23

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