Biography

Toshiaki Kato / 加藤 利明

Fashion Stylist

1985年福島県会津若松市出身。東京を拠点に活動。

文化服装学院スタイリスト科在学中より、都内セレクトショップにて接客・販売を経験。新規出店や事業開発にも携わり、リテールの最前線でキャリアを積む。

その後、スタイリストとしてアパレルブランドのカタログ制作や衣装提供を手がける。あわせて国産アイウェアブランドに参画し、SILMO Paris に4度出展。

また、Time Out Tokyo にて都内のセレクトショップやヴィンテージショップの紹介記事を執筆。ヴィンテージウェア・バッグ・ジュエリーを扱う新規事業にも携わるなど、幅広い領域で活動。

既存の価値観にとらわれない新旧ミックスのスタイリングを軸に、その人自身の新たな可能性を引き出すことを強みとする。

Born in 1985 in Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture. Based in Tokyo.

While studying in the Stylist Department at Bunka Fashion College, he gained experience in customer service and sales at select shops in Tokyo. He was also involved in opening new stores and business development, building his career on the front lines of retail.

Later, as a stylist, he worked on catalog production and provided outfits for apparel brands. He also joined a Japanese eyewear brand and exhibited at SILMO Paris four times.

In addition, he has written articles for Time Out Tokyo introducing select shops and vintage stores in Tokyo. He is active across a wide range of fields, including involvement in a new business dealing in vintage clothing, bags, and jewelry.

His strength lies in bringing out a person’s new potential through styling that blends the old and the new, unconstrained by existing values.