Chitose Abe operates from a template. Keeping it current is a matter of her impeccable taste and exacting eye.

Chitose Abe set out to defy preconceived notions about clothes — for men and women — and she succeeded with a whimsical collection that was a color-packed mosaic of traditional tailoring.

Chitose Abe put forth her stock and trade, blending multiple garments across many different aesthetics into cohesive pieces and a show with many moods.

Chitose Abe continued to convince with her demonstration on hybridization started in her fall 2018 men’s show.

Designer Chitose Abe masterfully challenged those for whom hybridization is just a trend.

Infused with a fresh, feel-good attitude, the garments felt lighter and easier than usual despite intense constructions.

The overall mood was cleaner and more graphic, with slogan looks telegraphing an ultraclean, preppy-punk vibe.

Chitose Abe created a wardrobe of looks for women who do what they want to do when they want to do it.

Chitose Abe explored unexpected combinations in this terrific pre-fall collection.

Chitose Abe chopped and sliced her way through this collection, creating hybrid silhouettes for men and women.

Chitose Abe applied her hybridization to pop culture style icons, including Jane Birkin, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Rotten.

Chitose Abe’s resort collection merged the utilitarian shapes of Nineties sportswear with folkloric touches.

WWD went behind the scenes at Sacai’s spring show.

Mexican poncho fabrics and other folkloric patterns fed the collection’s jumbled, global wanderer feel.

Chitose Abe’s standard choreography of multiple references took on an operatic tone for her fall Sacai collection.