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sacai
Chitose Abe
sacai is a ready-to-wear label based in Tokyo, started in 1999. Behind the label: Chitose Abe. It is known for hybrid garments that splice contrasting fabrics and familiar pieces into new shapes. Latest milestone on record (5 October 2026): Shows SS27 on the official Paris womenswear calendar.
Quick facts
sacai at a glance
- Behind the label
- Chitose Abe
- Based
- Tokyo, Japan
- Since
- 1999
- Focus
- Ready-to-wear
- Makes
- Womenswear and menswear
- Official site
- sacai.jp ↗
- @sacaiofficial ↗
The person and the label
Who is behind sacai?
Chitose Abe founded sacai in Tokyo in 1999. The Fédération describes its signature as hybridisation: contrasting textures, such as knit set against very fine woven fabric, and reworked patterns that turn familiar garments into unexpected shapes. In July 2021 Abe became the first guest designer of Jean Paul Gaultier’s haute couture, a show announced in 2020 and postponed by the pandemic, W Magazine reports. The label was on the official Paris menswear calendar every season from FW24 to SS27 (with a presentation rather than a show for SS26), and on the womenswear calendar in every season we checked except FW26.
Timeline
sacai, dated
- 1999Chitose Abe founds sacai in Tokyo. Source ↗
- July 2021Designs the Jean Paul Gaultier haute couture collection, the first in the house’s guest-designer series. Source ↗
- 28 June 2026Shows SS27 on the official Paris menswear calendar. Source ↗
- 5 October 2026Shows SS27 on the official Paris womenswear calendar. Source ↗
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Sources
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Quick answers
sacai, answered
Who is behind sacai?
- Chitose Abe. sacai is a ready-to-wear label based in Tokyo.
When was sacai founded?
- 1999, according to the sources listed on this page.
What does sacai make?
- Womenswear and menswear. It is known for hybrid garments that splice contrasting fabrics and familiar pieces into new shapes.