<b>The first comprehensive book on the work&nbsp;of Jun Takahashi of UNDERCOVER, an icon of</b>&nbsp;<b>Harajuku streetwear and the presumptive heir to</b>&nbsp;<b>the heavy mantle of Japanese deconstruction.<br></b><br>Takahashi Jun’s fashion is not born out of an excessively&nbsp;intellectualized agenda. While not quite&nbsp;populist, his generative influences are instead&nbsp;romantic—even gothic. A fixture of the Paris collections&nbsp;for more than ten years—plus seventeen uninterrupted&nbsp;seasons in Tokyo prior to that—Takahashi’s&nbsp;life’s work confirms a maturation from self-conscious&nbsp;artifice and rebel pastiche to a steely, withering&nbsp;elegance all his own.<br><br>Hailing from Gunma Prefecture like his friend&nbsp;NIGO® of *A Bathing Ape®, Takahashi’s long association&nbsp;with the undisputed king of Ura-Harajuku in&nbsp;the early 1990s is now the stuff of local fashion lore.&nbsp;But Takahashi would blaze an entirely different path&nbsp;to legend and notoriety. The violent rending and&nbsp;hasty reassembly that characterized his early work, its&nbsp;calculated imperfections and sutured seams, have&nbsp;given way to collections that he himself now calls “sexy and feminine.”<br><br><i>UNDERCOVER </i>is insightfully curated with fashionfilled chapters devoted to Takahashi’s sketches, graphic&nbsp;work, collaborations, and most innovative designs to&nbsp;date. Lavishly illustrated with more than 200 photographs&nbsp;and in-depth essays by fashion writers,&nbsp;curators, and colleagues, this book gives readers&nbsp;first time access into Takahashi’s UNDERCOVER,&nbsp;one of the most desired and multidimensional&nbsp;clothing lines in contemporary fashion.