EDITORIAL

Volume.5

issue 2024 May.

〈BEAMS PLUS〉が今シーズンおすすめする
アイテム群を使ったLOOKコンテンツ。
シーズンLOOKの
36体だけでは、表現し切れないアイテムも登場。
今シーズンの注目アイテムを使いながら、新たにストーリー
を吹き込み、コーディネートを作り込みました。
今回のテーマは、『Daddy & Son』。
モデルで登場してくれたのは、ジョナサンとエンゾーの
リアルな親子。
二人のライフスタイルに迫りながら、
〈BEAMS PLUS〉のアイテムを使った二人の着こなし。
〈BEAMS PLUS〉の世界観を親子二代で表現。

Here is a special editorial with recommended items by 〈BEAMS PLUS〉.
You can see more attractive items here that we couldn’t show you
in the 36 seasonal looks.
Using this season’s hottest items,
we imagined a story and created coordinates for it.
This time, the theme is "Daddy & Son".
The models are Jonathan and Enzo, actual daddy and son.
In this editorial, we focused on their lifestyle to create the coordinates.
The daddy and the son, that is from two generations expresses
the philosophy of 〈BEAMS PLUS〉here.

( STYLE-1 )

Sakuragawa River in Osaka, in early April, was raining a little.
Although we can see that cherry blossoms are blooming,
it’s still chilly due to the weather.
This is "BYTEN" run by Enzo.
“BYTEN" is a shop that sells Okaki, rice crackers, which opened last September.
“I love to pick out souvenirs since it’s delightful, quite difficult though” he said.
The concept of the store is based on this idea, and in addition to Okaki, they also offer tea and other fun goods.
Recently, they opened their online store, so you can also buy Okaki there.
We first met Enzo when〈BEAMS PLUS〉did a pop-up store in the U.S.After that, somehow he became a member of our team.
People are attracted by his cheerful and talkative personality and that makes full of good vibes wherever he is.
Literally he’s like the mood maker of our team.

Preparing for opening the store. He is wearing a cardigan, collar shirt and denim, classic sporty style.
This striped cardigan,
which has a dry touch gives cool and refreshing feelings, will be perfect from now on.
The open collar shirt is inspired by 60's Vintage shirts.
This yarn-dyed dobby material is our original fabric.
The casual design, with a snow pattern woven into the plaid, goes well with various items in coordinates.
In addition, it also has a certain presence even if you wear it as it is.

( STYLE-2 )

Jonathan is an interior designer. He and Enzo renovated a 40-year-old building and "BYTEN" was born.
Jonathan, who was born in New York, USA, is 60 years old, and started living in Osaka in 1992.
(Enzo calls Jonathan "Oyassan",
which is a friendly expression to call elder men.)

“I'm always lucky!” He feels like this to be involved in product and interior design, things he loves.
And also he said, “My work takes only 5 minutes.”
It means that he creates the idea or design being inspired by various things in talking with customers or people around him.
He told me many stories
until the director of the shoot came and said,
"It's time to get ready for the shoot".
It seems that Enzo's talkative personality seems to be inherited from “Oyassan”.

This collarless engineer jacket can be worn as both inner and outer.
The material used is a thick, heavy linen yarn woven to resemble the hickory stripes found in work items.
The fabric is woven by thick and solid linen yarn, imagining the hickory stripes which is the character of work items.
The natural color which is a material's characteristic also goes well with spring and summer styling.
We chose items with cool and refreshing colors to coordinate with this jacket.
This gives a sense of cleanliness
and even to such a rugged work style.

( STYLE-3 )

9:00 AM: Arrived at Motomachi, Kobe.
The weather is cloudless and the sun is shining brightly.
There is the Meriken Wharf, the ocean spreads before our eyes.
The two of them head for the atelier of Jizi, who is responsible for the production of〈BEAMS PLUS〉tailor line.

The building where the atelier is located was built in the late 1960s.
The 1st floor is a warehouse,the 2nd and the 3rd floor is an office,
and the 4th floor is a residence.
A shed is a facility used for cargo handling and temporary storage.
Once we entered the building, the high ceilings on the first floor and the cold concrete atmosphere reminded us of the old days.
Entering inside of the hideaway-like atelier, visitors are surrounded by tons of valuable documents,
vintage interior furnishings, clothing, and knick-knacks, and are greeted by an order space that feels
as if they have stepped back in time decades ago.

The work shirt worn by Enzo and the military trousers worn by Jonathan are made of cool and refreshing micro-mesh,
which is woven with nylon threads. The lightweight, not-too-transparent mesh structure provides excellent ventilation and allows us to feel fresh.
This elegant shiny fabric is not too sporty
and will be useful for a wide range of styling.

( STYLE-4 )

The two of them were seeking out jackets and trousers, arguing this and that.
They were complimenting and giving advice to each other.
〈BEAMS PLUS〉has prepared two types of fitting patterns for its standard sport coats and trousers from this season.
In addition to the standard series that create a minimal style, the "Box-fit," which retains the design and details,
but with wider shoulders, body width, sleeve width, and length,
And also "Wide Trousers," which have a powerful silhouette with a wider and thicker cross section.
The fit is just good for my current mood.
They showed us their new〈BEAMS PLUS〉 jacket
and pants style with "Box-fit" and "Wide Trousers.
This style can be enjoyed in both a dressy and sporty atmosphere.

Enzo chose a yarn-dyed check material woven with a polyester-rayon material.
It is tense and has a texture like a natural material. The colors and patterns inspired by vintage dark madras shirts give a mature impression.
Jonathan chose a dense weather cloth made of 80/3 high-twist yarn and sweet loosely-twisted bulky yarn.
What is most attractive is its lightweight and smooth feel. The texture like combed wool is expressed by special processing.
You must be surprised by this special material if you try it once.

( STYLE-5 )

In their well dressed style, they walk around the streets of Kobe. Meriken Park, the Old Settlement,
Kaigan Dori street, Etcetera.... Enzo often spends his time actively,
such as riding skateboard or bicycle at "Minato no Mori Park. He often comes to Kobe to visit his favorite Jazz cafe.
Jonathan says that he used to visit the city quite often for his interior design work related to apparel, designing stores, meetings, and so on.
He says that Kobe is one of his favorite cities
because of its strong local flavor.

Enzo’s style is composed of wool tropical fabric mixed with hemp.
The natural texture of hemp and its cool and refreshing feel are the characteristics of this fabric.
The checkered pattern is subtle and not too obvious.It goes well with any shirt.
He showed us the brand new style, the "Box-fit" & "Wide Trousers" suit style, from this season.
Jonathan's style is a suit style of 4B Double Breasted and Easy Trousers with a military motif, taking advantage of his good physique.
This is a 100% linen mesh fabric produced in Bishu.
This light finished fabric is actually see-through
from the back side, even though it makes us feel a sense of heaviness
and firmness of the material.
The dark madras check color composed of dyed-yarn has a resort-like atmosphere.

The family is close, and they sometimes go shopping together.
The two were talking together for the entire shoot, and whether the camera was rolling or not, they never stopped talking.
The scene where they stood side by side holding each other by the shoulders was very moving.
Jonathan's happy smile and Enzo's slightly blushing smile.
If I were asked to do a photo shoot like this with my "Oyassan" I'm sure we wouldn't be able to have such a lively conversation...
“Daddy & Son" is a hidden concept at〈BEAMS PLUS〉. A place where parents and children can shop for two or three generations.
I want to create a store where the whole family will want to come this time,
I convinced strongly.