YU CHICO
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PHOTO

fino alla nona vita

Photographer
Yu chico,Tom Gwerzman, Qi Leroy
Hair & Make-up Artist
Yu chico,Tom Gwerzman
Model
Yu chico,Tom Gwerzman

CONCEPT

fino alla nona vita

This collection is a queer love story stitched in memory and knit. Inspired by my memories and imagination, it follows four chapters — from a first meeting in Paris, to longing, to a shared home, and a future of traveling together. Each piece is a love letter, a soft memory made into fabric.

This collection explores emotion and narrative through knitwear, jacquard, embroidery, and hand-drawn graphics.
Motifs include cats, windows, music scores, and scenes from daily life. Each chapter is shown as an "episode," with its own mood, silhouettes, and specific design items — such as a cat encounter scarf, a sheet music shirt, and a home sketch jacquard.

To express queer love honestly — soft, personal, and beautiful.
To preserve feelings in pieces. And to create garments that feel like home, like memories, like love itself.

PROFILE

YU CHICO
EDUCATION

March 2026Bunka Fashion Graduate University, Division of Fashion Creation, Fashion Design Course (expected)

2024coconogacco, Advanced Course

March 2024Bunka Gakuen University, Fashion Creation course

2023coconogacco, Primary Course

QUALIFICATIONS

2025Diplôme d'Études en Langue Française (DELF) B1

2024Certified Textiles Advisor of JASTA (Japan Association of the Specialist in Textiles and Apparel)

2021Japanese Language Proficiency Test 1st Grade

INTERNSHIP

March 2024 – March 2025Tokyo, Troubled Waters – Senior Designer

February 2024 – March 2025Tokyo, SABUKARU, – Stylist Assistant

January 2024 – March 2025Tokyo, weni LLC – Producer

CONTESTS

2025AZ Academy, Business for Designers Program, Finalist, Milano

2025We the Makers Sustainable Fashion Prize, Finalist National Wool Museum, City of Greater Geelong

2025Special Award of Excellence in Concept Development, Arc'teryx × Bunka Gakuen Project, Tokyo

2024Selected, Alexander McQueen × Bunka Gakuen Project, Tokyo

2024Semi-Finalist, Fashion Frontier Program, Tokyo