PHINGERIN

Phingerin comes from Tokyo, Japan, and its motto says it all: "Relax, Light and Modern". The label began as a pyjama brand, with designer Tomoyuki Kobayashi making each pair by hand in Japan from high-end Italian shirting fabric. Kobayashi has always felt he was in the "right place, at the right time", and his pyjamas found a following in different subculture scenes before the general public started wearing them too.

He still calls the collections "pyjamas", though you'd be more likely to see them as relaxed, light, modern pieces, all handmade in Japan. Neighbour says it was the first store outside Japan to carry the label, and The Next Door, which has a Paris shop, stocks it too.