Masayo's Stories

Deconstructed and aged with nature Last year when I re-visited the Monju Mountain near my hometown in Fukui village, everything seemed to remain the same as I had remembered when I was a little girl. I wonder how many people have visited this mountain in the last 30 years?  As soon as I step onto this mountain, the smell and sounds suddenly takes me back to my childhood, playing in this magical bush mountain. The thickness of the leaves underfoot show me the passage of time.  It is the same forest, but somewhat aged and deconstructed.  Is it me or...

We have just moved to South Brisbane! This week, we have just moved to our new studio at South Brisbane. It took a while for us to find this space which can keep our 11 meter long cutting table. We have painted the cutting table with fresh white and are now ready to take it to the new place.  This is our 25th year since dogstar started and I feel that it's a new chapter for all of us. Hopefully we will introduce our new premises once we settle in the next few weeks. Over the years, our dogstar family has grown and...

Some of you may have already heard that we are going to move our studio soon. My team members and I have been here for three years on the south side of Brisbane in Tennyson. This is our second studio since the flooding in 2011. It's a quite large industrial space and is a convenient location for all of our team members. We have been a fashion house as well as a manufacturer since we started in 1999.    Over the last 24 years, we have grown, and shrunk and grown again. The shape of dogstar has been changed and moulded as we have evolved, and...

After my first trip to Japan in 3 years, I am now fully recharged.All the things we experienced in Japan I saw with fresh eyes.I almost feel like I have visited a new world. Now, with just a few weeks till my Autumn collection deadline, I'm planning to change and adjust the range at the last minute. All the things I have seen and experienced in Japan, will now be incorporated into my designs. I can't wait to share it all with you soon.

A flowing river continues changing it's shape and speed, it will never go back to the way it was.Everything on this earth is the same as a river.Reminding us that the only thing in the universe that will never change, is the fact that everything changes.   Sense of ImpermanenceThrough Tiel's creations, I experienced the memories of my childhood, the views of the rice fields that I grew up with. The bamboo bush behind my old house that I thought would never change.It was not an exciting view at that time.But now that I get older, that view stays in...

After the big storms at the beginning of summer, I still remember the excitement of waiting for the summer festival in Japan called Natsu Matsuri.It is a colourful festival culture displayed in many villages in Japan.. The Mikuni Matsuri in my hometown near the beach has a massive fireworks display every year and it's quite famous. My Grandma and our neighbours would get ready by preparing the traditional festival food for the gathering. My sister and I got so excited weeks before, waiting for the day to come. On the festival day, We go there early to get the best space near the shore and wait until dusk arrives.It...