{"id":134682,"date":"2020-11-11T12:12:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T17:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/?p=134682"},"modified":"2021-03-04T11:21:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T16:21:20","slug":"after-walking-prada-taira-educates-on-his-identity-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/after-walking-prada-taira-educates-on-his-identity-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"After Walking Prada, Taira Discusses Gender Identities in Fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"

As once-rigid binaries dissipate, more people than ever are questioning and re-defining what genders are. After exclusively debuting in Milan on the Prada runway this past season, Japanese new face Taira Go<\/a>\u00a0has been steadily making a name by disrupting the conventional gender-specific expectations and landing coveted editorials shot by Nadine Ijewere and Campbell Addy. The rookie graduated in more ways than one this year, going from his virtual masters’ ceremony in London to a whole new realm of ranks walking for Prada’s first joint venture with Raf Simons<\/a>. We linked up virtually with Taira to discuss more on how the talent got scouted in Tokyo, new beginnings at Prada, and the complex nature of identity politics.<\/p>\n

Where are you from and how were you first scouted? How did you first connect to your European agencies as well?<\/strong>
\nI was born and raised in Hokkaido, which is an island in the northernmost of Japan. I was initially scouted in Tokyo by a friend of mine who is now my best friend and mother agent, Cailin when I was a university student there. Soon after I got signed with her agency Beyond Tokyo<\/a> and moved to London to do my masters. As I was living in London, Cailin sent me to some agencies, and fortunately, Storm<\/a> really liked me. I also felt great energy from the team, so we decided to work together since then.<\/p>\n

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