John Lawrence Sullivan

“John Lawrence Sullivan” launches a trad style to which military and the sports taste are taken based on traditional tailored Britain and is an acknowledged brand in the beauty of the silhouette.

 

Brand name

John Lawrence Sullivan

 

 

Designer

Arashi YANAGAWA (born March 17, 1975 in Hiroshima JAPAN)

Yanagawa started boxing from the elementary school because his father was a coach of boxing, and became amateur’s three class champion while at in Chuo University.

Results of his amateur’s three class champion were admitted in Yoko Gushiken who was the WBA world light flyweight third generation champion, and after he had graduated of the university, he became a prizefighter.

Yanagawa had experienced the part-time job of sales in shop “TOLLFREE” in Daikanyama, Tokyo in the prizefighter age, and started the work of purchase and sales of the rags in UK after he had retired prizefighter.

In those days, he received the influence of a British fashion, and learnt tailored from the desire “I want to make a good-looking jacket oneself.” by self-study, and started the clothes making.

In 2003-04 A/W season, he started “John Lawrence Sullivan”.

2007 S/S season the debut of the “John Lawrence Sullivan” Tokyo collection.

The first flagship shop is opened in Nakameguro, Tokyo in February 29, 2008.

Yanagawa won rookie of the year award in 2008 the Mainichi fashion award that a famous newspaper in Japan sponsored.

“John Lawrence Sullivan” participated in the combination exhibition in the showroom in le Marais in 2009 on a men’s Paris week.

 

“John Lawrence Sullivan” of the brand name is the first Heavyweight champion of the legend who leaves the name on the boxing history, and contains desire of expressing strength, distinctive character, dignity, and everything in fashion.

 

Comment

The best feature of John Lawrence Sullivan clothes is tailored that is refined and sharpened.

The jacket calculated by the unit of the millimeters is stoic, and the silhouette is tight. The base of John Lawrence Sullivan is indeed challenging brand because it based on British tailored, but made by using a vivid color and the textile. It is terrible clothes’ without becoming ribaldry even if bright-colors are used of this brand.  

Now, John Lawrence Sullivan is one of the brands with power most in Japan.

 

Rough price range is about US700 dollars for Jacket, from US90 dollars to US150 dollars for T-shirt, about US 300 dollars for pants, and about US200 dollars for denim trousers.

 

 

Collection

2008-2009 A/W

http://fashionjp.net/images/collection/0809tokyo/brand/jls/img001.jpg

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(from fashion jp.net)

 

Shop Information

John Lawrence Sullivan

1-19-7 Aobadai Meguro-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN

 

Official Web site

http://www.john-lawrence-sullivan.com/