HIRO
Fashion Director of  The Vanity Teen Magazine
​contact: hirostylist@gmail.com

Shapeshifter, trendsetter, storyteller: In Japanese stylist and director Hirotaka Aoki’s world, fashion becomes fantasy, a transformative tool used to cultivate freedom of expression. Hiro adopts a unique approach to styling, one missing from much of fashion in the modern age. When dictated by trends and beauty, fashion loses its connection and story, but Hiro’s conceptual approach brings fashion to the greatest of heights.
- Flaunt magazine, Jan 2025
 

Hiro was born in Shizuoka, Japan, in 1998,  and he began his creative journey in 2022.
His work is defined by reconstructing street-level and pop-cultural elements within the context of high fashion, elevating a subtle sense of "playful dissonance" into contemporary avant-garde style. Deeply rooted in the aesthetics of vintage garments and the expressive spirit of the Sapeurs, his approach fundamentally empowers authentic self-expression.

​[ SIGNATURE PROJECT: ASIAN RECORDS ]
Traces of Post-Pandemic Humanity: Retrospect, Nostalgia, and the Return to Youth
This is a personal and collective document of the post-pandemic era—a period marked by COVID, which also coincided with the raw, independent beginning of my own styling career in 2022. It reflects the intricate layers of identity we hold during youth, where sophisticated elegance directly collides with raw vulnerability. This is not just about fashion; it is a record of humanity surviving our lives.

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[ SELECTED WORKS ]

Magazines:
Vogue Hong Kong/Vanity Teen /Numero Netherland/L'Offciel Hong kong/Madame Figaro Hong Kong/Glamcult Magazine/Men's Folio /Hia Magazine...
 

Advertising:
Apple/ADIDAS/ Marc Jacobs / Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO / Hummel / LILY BROWN/Beams/Maison Special Man/NIKON/Audio Technica/Nepenthes...
 

Celebrities:
Tsurubon Shion / Raika Yumi..