Though not showing on the official JFW timetable, on the recommendation of our FORUM's Turbo, I stopped by at the Whereabouts showroom for an appointment with the company's designer Hidetaka Fukuzono (that's him in the background - the well informed among you will know he studied in Antwerp). His 'classroom collection' of beautifully made menswear -particularly the suiting and scooped neck, raglan sleeved sweatshirts- were in fact based on cornflowers rather than school uniforms. Apparently here the blooms symbolise education, trust, sensibility, gratitude, happiness and innocence. All the values we too treasure at SHOWstudio. Good call, Turbo!