In 2019, NOTON launched the first limited edition clothing collaboration with German fashion designer Kostas Murkudis. The teams have been working on the garment for over a year, realizing one hundred pieces handmade in Italy. The black cotton-satin, short sleeved shirt is cool and breathable, making it a comfortable wearable piece for performers in the creative industries. The shirt’s front neckline design was inspired by the Japanese folding techniques; this, combined with half raglan sleeves, intricate stitching and discrete, screen-printed logo results in a stylish, minimal look.

Kostas Murkudis is a senior designer born in Germany, from Greek parents. He began his career as first assistant of Helmut Lang and subsequently founded his own label showing men’s and women’s collections in Paris from 1996 to 2001. He was then appointed as creative director of New York Industrie, Closed, Ter et Bantine, and Hache more recently. He has also consulted high-end brands such as Balenciaga and Pringle of Scotland, while collaborating with Johnston Cashmere, Mykita and Isaac Reina. In 2015 in occasion of his twentieth year of activity his works have been shown as solo exhibition at MMK Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt. Since 2016 he has been focusing on his own clothing label, developing garments with special attention to their functionality and innovation in textiles.

The collection is available exclusively on NOTON online shop, and via Jam Home Made for Japan.

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