From the Taisho to early Showa periods, a silk fabric called "Isesaki Meisen" flourished in Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture. With its bold and modern patterns, vibrant color combinations, and free-flowing designs, this fabric easily surpassed the norms of its time. There were women who chose to wear this fabric themselves.

In an era where "women should be like this," they unhesitatingly chose their favorite patterns and colors. It was a very small, yet definite exercise of freedom.

Meisen was widely loved by women of the time as formal wear for common people. However, times changed, weavers decreased, and the lights of the factories went out. Now, it is no longer possible to create new Isesaki Meisen.

It's not realistic to increase the number of weavers now. Still, there are things we must not lose — we believe that.

Is it technique? Form? Or will?

MEISENNE is not a brand that restores Meisen techniques. We want to deliver the sensibility that women of that era possessed — the strength to express their individuality without hesitation — transformed into a modern form.

Carefully archiving Isesaki Meisen designs digitally, regenerating them into new fabrics with modern materials and technology. Then elevating that aesthetic into a form that can be brought into everyday life. That is the starting point of MEISENNE's craftsmanship.

Materials change, and patterns evolve. But the essence remains the same, then and now.