'The Cat from Japan', inspired by Japanese minimalism and a David Bowie tune.

Not only is his music timeless, his contribution in the field of design cannot be underestimated.

The wearing of exotic, spacey, Japan-inspired outfits by bowie-as-alien ziggy stardust put Japonism center stage in the fashion scene of the West, placing a seal of approval on inspirations from Japan, which in the early ’70s was still considered an indecipherable, alien nation.