A still from 'Ryuichi Sakamoto CODA' by Stephen Nomura Schible

The Reluctant Radical: An Interview with Ryuichi Sakamoto

E. Nina Rothe February 13, 2018

At this year's Berlinale, the iconically sophisticated Ryuichi Sakamoto serves double duty.

He is part of the official 2018 Competition Jury, and is the subject of Stephen Nomura Schible’s 'RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: async AT THE PARK AVENUE ARMORY', the companion piece, the B side if you will, to 'RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: CODA', a film which screened at the Venice Film Festival in 2017.

When I met Sakamoto in person, inside the Casinò in Venice, I was awe struck. His shiny, perfectly straight silver hair, those tortoise shell eyeglasses and the stylish black suit all made for an image that is so naturally fashionable, hard to forget. Yet Sakamoto is so much more profound than just how he looks, his meticulously styled, outward persona.

Fashion’s Iconoclast: Six Questions for Teppei Fujita of Sulvam

E. Nina Rothe February 5, 2018

Beloved street style photographer Bill Cunningham once said that “fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life.” With that saying always in my back pocket, I watched Japanese designer Teppei Fujita’s latest collection for his brand Sulvam expecting to be shaken up by his looks.

What I didn’t expect was that the Nina who sat down for the Sulvam Fall 2017 show would not be the same woman who got up immediately after it. I was changed, exhilarated, inspired and in love.

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The Reluctant Radical: An Interview with Ryuichi Sakamoto

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