“The Ability of Discovery”
Japanese menswear label TAAKK, founded and designed by Takuya Morikawa, will unveil its Spring / Summer 2027 collection, titled “The Ability of Discovery,” with a runway presentation during Paris Fashion Week – Men’s on Saturday, June 27, 2026.
This season marks a deeply personal chapter for the designer—one centered on observation, memory, and the pursuit of essence through material exploration.
After years devoted to refining technique and pushing textile innovation forward, Morikawa turns inward for Spring / Summer 2027, drawing from two enduring personal fascinations: flowers and the work of photographer Irving Penn. Rather than serving as literal references, both become vehicles for examining transformation, perception, and the quiet act of seeing familiar things anew.
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“Perhaps because I have spent so many years pursuing creation and technique, I now feel a stronger desire to focus on what I genuinely love and express it with complete honesty,” says Morikawa. “What continues to inspire me about Irving Penn is not simply what he photographed, but how he looked at things—the ability to transform something familiar into something entirely new.”
Flowers, long associated with memories of Morikawa’s childhood and family life close to nature, became a central emotional anchor for the collection. Their lifecycle—emergence, bloom, transformation, and eventual disappearance—reflects the designer’s ongoing interest in time, impermanence, and subtle shifts in perception.
This philosophy extends into the garments themselves. Rather than seeking novelty through invention alone, TAAKK approaches existing forms—flowers, fabric, the body, structure, and material—with renewed attention and curiosity. Through shifts in distance, scale, texture, and construction, the collection explores how established forms can reveal unexpected expressions.
Textiles remain at the center of TAAKK’s design language.
Materials, Structure & Textile Innovation
For TAAKK, fabric is not simply a component of clothing but the origin point of design itself. Spring
/ Summer 2027 continues the brand’s ongoing exploration of weaving, structure, surface manipulation, and finishing techniques to create garments that reveal movement, dimensionality, and new forms of expression directly through material.
Among the collection’s defining textile developments are Embroidered Structures—a sculptural fabric technique that combines precise cutwork with layered embroidery executed in matching textile. Rather than functioning as surface decoration, the embroidery creates depth, shadow, and architectural dimension directly within the garment, elevating the fabric into a three-dimensional expression.
The collection also advances TAAKK’s signature Gradient Fabrics. More than a color transition, these textiles integrate changing material compositions and evolving fabric structures within a single surface. Boundaries between texture, weave, and color dissolve organically, allowing the material itself to become the visual language of design.
Jewelry & Collaborations
Jewelry for Spring / Summer 2027 was developed in collaboration with Japanese fashion jewelry pioneer 4℃, combining TAAKK’s conceptual approach with exceptional craftsmanship and precision. Inspired by the raw forms of minerals, the pieces preserve irregularity and elemental character—reflecting the collection’s broader intention of revealing the inherent qualities already embedded within materials.
Belts were created in collaboration with yuhaku, the leather brand designed by contemporary artist Tomohiro Nakagaki, known for its distinctive approach to craftsmanship and artistry.
The Show
The Spring / Summer 2027 runway presents a collection rooted in quiet observation rather than spectacle. Through subtle shifts in perspective and TAAKK’s continued experimentation with textiles, Morikawa proposes a way of dressing—and seeing—that embraces nuance, curiosity, and the possibility that something entirely new may already exist within what surrounds us.
About TAAKK
Founded in 2013 in Tokyo by Takuya Morikawa, TAAKK is recognized for its experimental approach to textiles and its rigorous commitment to material innovation. Following an eight-year tenure at ISSEY MIYAKE / ISSEY MIYAKE MEN, Morikawa established the brand to explore the intersection of precision, emotion, and material transformation.
TAAKK has received numerous accolades including Tokyo Fashion Awards (2014, 2017), the Fashion Prize of Tokyo (2019), and recognition as an LVMH Prize Semi-Finalist in 2021.
With The Ability of Discovery, TAAKK continues to investigate how perspective can transform the familiar into something entirely unexpected—revealing new possibilities through the act of looking closer.
For more information on TAAKK or to browse current collections, please visit www.taakk.jp or follow @taakk_official.
Creative Director: Takuya Morikawa
Stylist: Mariaelena Morelli
Casting: White Casting
Show Director: Takashiro Saito (KuRoKo Inc.)
Hair & Make-up: Teruaki Shinjo (Shiseido)
Sound Director: Setsuya Kurotaki
Lighting: Michinari Marui (Toio)
Production: Julien Lacroix / TwoTwenty
