“Dust to Dust”: Designer Nakazato Yuima Challenges Fashion Industry to Change

Much of the clothing advanced nations discard end up in Kenyan landfills. (© Generation 11)

(© Igarashi Kazuharu)

Nakazato weaves his way through the sprawling Gikomba Market. (© Generation 11)

Nakazato stares numbly at the smoking mounds of unwanted clothes. (© Generation 11)

Women display colorful traditional beads in Kenya’s northern Marsabit region. (© Generation 11)

Nakazato works on his collection in Tokyo. (© Generation 11)

Scenes from Nakazato’s exhibit of his spring/summer collection at the Paris Haute Couture in January 2023. (© Generation 11)

(© Igarashi Kazuharu)

Dust to Dust (2023)