THE PRODIGY OF ICONIC JAPANESE DESIGNERS REI KAWAKUBO OF COMME DES GARCONS, AND JUNYA WATANABE, CHITOSE ABE LAUNCHED HER OWN LABEL IN 1998, DEBUTING MENSWEAR IN SPRING 2009. FAMOUSLY PRESS-SHY AND RESERVED, ABE PREFERS TO LET HER DESIGNS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, WITH HER SIGNATURE KNITWEAR AND AVANT-GARDE SEPARATES ASPIRING TO APPEAL TO ANYONE IN ANY CULTURE. UNEXPECTED TEXTILE COMBINATIONS AND HYBRID STYLES GIVE T-SHIRTS, LOUNGE PANTS, BOMBER JACKETS, AND SWEATERS AN ECLECTIC YET MASCULINE PUNCH.