A fashionable ode to the intimacy of friendship

For the launch of i-D Asia we’re diving into the archives of i-D Japan, one of our first outposts in the region. Here, we throwback to this 2019 fashion story by Chad Moore who captured the youth of Tokyo for i-D Japan’s Hero Issue. Back when you could hold hands and hug and feel the closeness of friendship phsyically.

1561367602586-RE_ID_JAPAN-9 — LIA WEARS DRESS AND BELT CHLO. ACCESSORIES MODELS OWN. NENE WEARS ALL CLOTHING CHLO.

1587098767970-1561367485024-RE_ID_JAPAN-6 — NENE WEARS ALL CLOTHING CHANEL.

1561367646079-RE_ID_JAPAN-5 — AZURI AND NENE WEAR ALL CLOTHING BALENCIAGA.

1561367499116-RE_ID_JAPAN-1 — ALL CLOTHING CHANEL.

1561367524076-RE_ID_JAPAN-10 — KOKI AND AZURI WEAR ALL CLOTHING DIOR.

1561367555645-RE_ID_JAPAN-4 — KOKI WEARS TOP AND TROUSERS LOEWE. SHOES MODELS OWN. NENE WEARS SHIRT AND TROUSERS LOEWE. SHOES MODELS OWN. LIA WEARS DRESS LOEWE.

1561367632660-RE_ID_JAPAN-8 — LIA WEARS DRESS CHRISTIAN DADA. ACCESSORIES MODELS OWN. KOKI WEARS ALL CLOTHING JOHN LAWRENCE SULLIVAN. AZURI WEARS ALL CLOTHING DOUBLET. NENE WEARS ALL CLOTHING FACETASM.

1561367668458-RE_ID_JAPAN-7 — ALL CLOTHING CELINE BY HEDI SLIMANE.

1561367685619-RE_ID_JAPAN-2 — KOKI AND AZURI WEAR ALL CLOTHING LOUIS VUITTON.

Credit

Photography Chad Moore
Styling Shohei Kashima
Hair Lizzie Arneson
Make-up Tamayo Yamamoto
Styling assistance Erika Hara and Hanami Gima
Models Azuri and Koki at Stanford. Lia. Nene at Cinq Deux Un.

This article was originally published on i-D Japan.