Star: From Tokyo's Underground to Dover Street Market London

Last week, Shimpei Mikami's label Star made its debut at Dover Street Market London, taking over the concept retailer's t-shirt space with a range of graphic tees. To some, the Japanese designer's t-shirts may read as understated - emblazoned at the center of the chest with his palm-sized designs. However, Star is deeply intertwined with Mikami's coming of age outside of Tokyo, the period when the designer first encountered the subversive attitudes of punk music and avant-garde J...