Meet Tomoka Naka
Born in Osaka in 1991, Tomoka Naka began practicing calligraphy at the age of seven, training within the Seihitsu-kai tradition. What began as childhood discipline evolved into a lifelong inquiry. Naka, approaches calligraphy not as preservation, but as transformation. Working through the visual language of fashion, she reframes this ancient practice within a contemporary context, allowing brushstrokes to inhabit garments, campaigns, and global platforms. She has presented exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, and Paris. Her emphasis remains inward: continual inquiry, refinement, and the understanding that she is still “on the path” of exploration. Her brush lettering has also appeared in major commercial campaigns, and high-profile collaborations, bringing calligraphy into everyday cultural spaces.
Nest of Growth
She builds her nest from the gatherings of her past. Through trials of transformation, she picks, she plucks, and she culls her perfect assortment of fragments that will incubate her warmth: not to raise her kin, but her former self.
A Vintage Manifest
Vintage isn't just ‘old’, it’s a memory you can wear. It’s the bridge between the intimate and the collective, where every pattern is a gateway to another era. We don’t just pick these pieces; we recognize them. Discover a fashion editorial dedicated to the art of breathing new life into the past.
A Story of Romantic Nostalgia
In an era ruled by nostalgia’s allure, this project weaves a dialogue between two moments in history united by a longing to escape: the ethereal Romanticism of the 19th century and our modern-day fascination with the sensual, sun-drenched spirit of the 1970s. As Romantic artists once pushed back against the iron and smoke of the Industrial Revolution, today’s gaze turns rearward, searching for softness, nature, and a slower pulse. The series unveils a model draped in contemporary pieces cut with seventies undertones—burnt oranges, fluid silhouettes—first captured against a stark backdrop, then transported into hand-painted landscapes of another time. Through collage and refined manipulation, photography slips toward the language of painting, inviting blur, grain, and tactile imperfections. It becomes a meditation on our collective yearning for the essential, reframed, and reimagined through today’s visual language.
Daughters of Albion
Amidst the ancient oaks and whispering shadows of Epping Forest, a hidden world awakens. As the deep chill of winter descends and the Solstice draws near, the Daughters of Albion gather, clad in exquisite, folkloric costume. They are the keepers of old magic, guardians of a sublime and mysterious connection to the land. A deep dive into Folkloric Fantasy and mystery—a tale steeped in seasonal wonder and the enduring power of ancient rites. Where nature holds the oldest secrets, magic is born in the longest night.
The Magical & the Playful
The forest becomes a shelter, an accomplice in a physical and spontaneous game. There is no choreography, only intuition. Laureline and Daniela play at not being, they reflect each other, they imitate. They get lost and reappear, blending with the forest’s shadows as if they were part of it. The magical and the playful intertwine in a story that observes movement through the lens of freedom. This editorial offers a free-spirited view of gesture, friendship, and the forest as an imaginary refuge — a return to play as an intimate and powerful act.
Echoes
‘Echoes’ traces a quiet closeness between the body and the organic. Each image follows a gesture of softness; something blooming, something remembered. Through skin, petals, and shadow, the subject becomes both flower and ground, holding a tender kind of presence. Shot in natural surroundings, the series reflects on the delicate rituals of femininity and selfhood.
A Living Observation
This fashion editorial explores the life of fashion objects in relation to organic matter. As with a fresh vegetable, a fashion piece is first and foremost an object and will change form. In unfolding it, wearing it, and creasing it, it traverses organically altered shapes.
Down to Earth
Within the hushed embrace of a century-old glasshouse, where time seems to slow and light filters with a gentle grace, a new story unfurls.
Garden of Disappearing Wings
She is a human during the day.
She is a bird during the night.
She mystifies her reality, walking in a hidden garden where light meets shadow at the end of the day.
She belongs to both worlds. She is dual: darkness and halo live within her body.
The leaves inhale her mystery, and through the whisper of her wings, she disappears into a dark paradise.
I’ll better stay home
“Dear Diary: I woke up this morning and I don’t know where to go. The weather is nice and I want to go out but I can’t stop thinking. Where should I go? I need some time. Yesterday I bought this bouquet of flowers that I meticulously chose. I like that some of them will wilt and others will remain dry, so I can have a part of this bouquet frozen in time. Although the soft petals will become rough. But just as delicate. I will take good care of them. I don’t know where to go. I don’t know if I have to decide, I’m feeling alright here. I can move around this reduced space that tucks me and comforts me. It’s just me; myself and some flowers that look at me. And I’m alright.”