Key to Uniqlo casual wear

Agricultural wear that Naoki Takizawa designed as a memorial project to commemorate Yanmar Co’s 100th anniversary.

The designer of popular Japanese brand Uniqlo explains the difficulty of simplicity.

JAPAN’S leading fast-fashion retailer, Uniqlo Co. now has 1,300 stores in 14 countries and territories. Naoki Takizawa, 53, is the design director for the brand, which has annual sales exceeding ¥900 billion (RM28mil). He has designed for the firm since 2011.