Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, majoring in painting, Tomoaki Okaniwa is the designer of The Virdi-anne. Although his field originally was fine arts, he self taught the concept of fashion. Begins the Men’s collection of The Virdi-anne from the 2001 S/S. Starts exhibition in 2006 at Paris. The word “Verdi-anne” does not have a fixed definition, but is a word inspired by the colour of viridian, a colour mixed with chromium oxide and green.
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