AYÂME = I AM
「私が私を楽しむための服」
Enjoy your uniqueness.
Love yourself first.
Follow your ‘ÂME’ (= spirit).
着る人の個性に寄り添い、
唯一無二の特別な自分らしさを輝かせる。
自分の心に正直に、
自分を信じることを大切に、
自分だけの道を切り拓く人に向けて。
DESIGNER’S PROFILE
Aya Takeshima 竹島 綾
ロンドン芸術大学セントラルセントマーチンズ
ファッションデザイン・ニットウエア科を首席で卒業。
在学中に渡仏し、日本人として初めて、
CHANELのクチュールメゾンにて刺繍デザイン、
KOCHÉにてニットデザインを手掛ける。
帰国後、デザインスタジオ <maison ayâme> を設立。
2021年よりAYÂMEとしてコレクションを展開。
クラフトマンシップをベースとした
繊細でロマンティックな質感と
ミニマルなムードを融合させる独創性で、
強さと優しさを兼ね備えた新しいエレガンスを体現。
日々を過ごす中で生まれる思想など、
内なる探求から着想し、精神性を大切にした
コレクションを生み出す。
INTERVIEW / ARTICLE
ELLE Japan
PERK magazine
QUOTATION magazine
SOEN magazine
Nikkei MJ newspaper
QUOTATION magazine
SOEN magazine
Nikkei MJ newspaper
EXPERIENCES / EDUCATION / AWARDS
2023
Selected as Fashion Designers Accelerator Tokyo (Tokyo, JAPAN)
2022
Nominated New-face Award of Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix (Tokyo, JAPAN)
2018
Winner of JFLF award 2017 (Tokyo, JAPAN)
Winner of JFLF award 2017 (Tokyo, JAPAN)
2017
Launched maison ayâme (Tokyo, JAPAN)
Launched maison ayâme (Tokyo, JAPAN)
2016
Graduated Central Saint Martins BA Fashion Knitwear with 1st Class Honors (London, UK)
Selected as CFDA+ 2016 DESIGN GRADUATE (NY, USA)
Semi-finalist of the 32th International Festival of Fashion and Photography in Hyères (Hyères, FRANCE)
Winner of Sally Woodward Award (London, UK)
Finalist of NEW BEAT International competition (Hong Kong, CHINA)
Graduated Central Saint Martins BA Fashion Knitwear with 1st Class Honors (London, UK)
Selected as CFDA+ 2016 DESIGN GRADUATE (NY, USA)
Semi-finalist of the 32th International Festival of Fashion and Photography in Hyères (Hyères, FRANCE)
Winner of Sally Woodward Award (London, UK)
Finalist of NEW BEAT International competition (Hong Kong, CHINA)
2015
Embroidery textile design at CHANEL métier d’Art, Maison Lemarié (Paris, FRANCE)
Finalist of SWAROVSKI Scholarship 2015 (London, UK)
Shortlist of The British Fashion Council Bursary (London, UK)
Finalist of INDEX Scholarship (London, UK)
Embroidery textile design at CHANEL métier d’Art, Maison Lemarié (Paris, FRANCE)
Finalist of SWAROVSKI Scholarship 2015 (London, UK)
Shortlist of The British Fashion Council Bursary (London, UK)
Finalist of INDEX Scholarship (London, UK)
2014
Knitwear design & Embroidery textile design at KOCHÉ (Paris, FRANCE)
Knitwear design & Embroidery textile design at KOCHÉ (Paris, FRANCE)
Winner of Umbria Cashmere District Award (Perugia, ITALY)
EXHIBITIONS / SHOW
2023
Costume production for Kanako Murakami
Digital Presentation at AW23 Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo – Collaborated with MiMC
2022
2021
2018
2017
ayâme x Kaho Okazaki exhibition ‘daydream’ at OZ gallery (Tokyo, JAPAN)
2016
New Beat International exhibition at The Fashion Gallery,
New Beat International exhibition at The Fashion Gallery,
the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HongKong, CHINA)
New Beat International exhibition in Small Round House Gallery,
Centro de las Artes de San Agustín (Oaxaca, MEXICO)
Central Saint Martins degree show 2016 (London, UK)
Central Saint Martins BA Fashion Press show 2016 (London, UK)
Central Saint Martins degree show 2016 (London, UK)
Central Saint Martins BA Fashion Press show 2016 (London, UK)