My first or 2nd trip to Tokyo in the early 80’s with Michiru Abe and my first trip to Sicily

NDP Tokyo with Michuru Abe

Dear Shaded Viewers,

I hardly have any archives from my past as a designer. I found this photo of my first or 2nd trip to Tokyo, back when I was a designer for my own brand and had a license with Seibu Department store. I imagine this is in 1984….not positive, maybe 1985, then again maybe 1982. I am trying to constuct a time line for a book so now and then I will post ancient history… At any rate I am with my friend Michiru Abe, at that time she was the girlfriend or ex-girlfriend of Take Hirakawa. I knew her from NYC because she used to come and report on my shows. I was one of those designers that liked to leave after their show, clear my head and go somewhere exotic for about 3 weeks and come back with the atmosphere for the next collection. Any shaded viewers that knew me way back then, if you remember any incidents from my past, please drop me a line to ignite my memory…

87 Sicily
This was a couple years later ,1987 on my first trip to Sicily with my friend Stephen de Pietri, bless his soul, even though he drove me crazy on this trip, he was a very dear dear friend RIP and an early AIDS victim. 

Later,

Diane of the archives

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Diane Pernet

A LEGENDARY FIGURE IN FASHION and a pioneer of blogging, Diane is a respected journalist, critic, curator and talent-hunter based in Paris. During her prolific career, she designed her own successful brand in New York, costume designer, photographer, and filmmaker.

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