Undercover
Witch's Cell Division
Jun Takahashi
Why it matters
Presented in Tokyo before the Paris breakthrough, this collection blended 1960s mecha imagery with American witch pop-culture and Seditionaries-inspired mohair sweaters — models forming a circle on the runway to mimic a witches' coven. It established Takahashi's occult-intellectual vocabulary and demonstrated that Japanese streetwear could carry the weight of conceptual art. The collection is documented in detail by Lobscur and is a key reference point for understanding Undercover's pre-Paris development.
Defining looks
- 01Transformable knitwear with 'REBELGODS' prints
- 02Printed cross garments
- 03Witch and mech motif knits
- 04Seditionaries-inspired mohair sweaters
The argument
The other side of the entry-point debate. Shown in Tokyo before the Paris breakthrough, this is the collection the deep heads point to when they want to say you don't really know Undercover from Scab alone — it's where the occult-intellectual vocabulary was set, before an international audience was watching. We keep it Cult, not Monster: it matters most to the people already inside. The honest framing — Scab is the front door, Witch's Cell Division is the room you find once you're in.