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Dec. 27, 2006 • Nina Kahori Fallenbaum

A quiet revolution is underway, led by young Japanese-American visionaries who are redefining urban fashion on their terms. Their mediums are varied, and their approaches multi-hued, but collectively they represent a new brand of creativity and entrepreneurship that would make their Issei ancestors proud. They are Nikkei fashion designers who have chosen the medium of textile architecture to express themselves and their dreams. You might not know that the Asian American T-shirt underground was launched from a single-car garage in …