Sometimes I am not even sure how my own brain is working. I was having a short break on the mountain after my time in Tokomachi when I skied past...

As much as I can load videos here and add pictures and words, the vast majority of the interesting content you will want to digest is on our Instagram handle @lenoeudpapillon. For example, this immaculate tiger, painted and printed and foiled onto tanmono silk, just one part of a men's kimono from the makers at Sekiyoshi in the Niigata prefecture of Japan, really comes to life when you see the garment being worn in the videos. So, not to dissuade you from visiting the website, but if you want to see inside the workrooms and showrooms, head over to our Instagram to see it in detail. 

On one particular evening between Hiroshima and Nagano when I revisited Tokyo, my translator Joni picked me up and we went to visit a friend of his who owned a small jazz bar. Afterward he wanted to show me what he referred to as the "Beverly Hills" of Tokyo, Daikanyama. And outside a groovy, in fact is must have been the most elegant bookstore I have ever been to, was a cherry blossom in an early bloom. I took a photo and did a render with my bot. I love it. There will be many designs to come, but for the moment they are mostly sitting as sketches on my pad or half finished files on my computer. 

Sometimes I am not even sure how my own brain is working. I was having a short break on the mountain after my time in Tokomachi when I skied past...

As much as I can load videos here and add pictures and words, the vast majority of the interesting content you will want to digest is on our Instagram handle @lenoeudpapillon. For example, this immaculate tiger, painted and printed and foiled onto tanmono silk, just one part of a men's kimono from the makers at Sekiyoshi in the Niigata prefecture of Japan, really comes to life when you see the garment being worn in the videos. So, not to dissuade you from visiting the website, but if you want to see inside the workrooms and showrooms, head over to our Instagram to see it in detail. 

On one particular evening between Hiroshima and Nagano when I revisited Tokyo, my translator Joni picked me up and we went to visit a friend of his who owned a small jazz bar. Afterward he wanted to show me what he referred to as the "Beverly Hills" of Tokyo, Daikanyama. And outside a groovy, in fact is must have been the most elegant bookstore I have ever been to, was a cherry blossom in an early bloom. I took a photo and did a render with my bot. I love it. There will be many designs to come, but for the moment they are mostly sitting as sketches on my pad or half finished files on my computer.