company

company overview

company name kuska fabric co., ltd.
address 384-1 Iwaya, Yosanocho, Yosa-gun, Kyoto
founded 1936
tel +81 (0)772-42-4045
fax +81 (0)772-42-4731
mail info@kuska.jp
director Yasuhiro Kusunoki
products Fashion accessories for men & women, hand-woven textile.
business Dyeing, eaving and sales of own brand products, supplying of oem products for other companies’ brands.
employees 13
banks Bank of Kyoto, Kyoto Hokuto Shinkin bank

history

1936 The founder Hiroyuki Kusunoki started the business of manufacturing and selling silk crepe products in Tango, Kyoto.
1971 KUSKA co., ltd. was established with an initial capital of JPY 20 million.
1982 22nd-generation Masayoshi Kusunoki became the representative director of the company.
The company started the business of manufacturing and selling small silk crepe goods.
2008 3rd-generation Yasuhiko Kusunoki became the representative director of the company.
‘Koubou Itoguruma (studio spinning wheel)’ was registered as the company’s trademark.
The company decided to focus 100% of its resources on handwoven products.
2010 KUSKA was launched as the new line of products under the concept of fusing ‘tradition,’ ‘fashion’ and ‘art’ into one.
2012 The company collaborated with the young french designer’s brand ‘Gaspard Yurkievich’ and participated in Pitti Immagine Uomo for the first time.
2014 Offered neckties for the tv program “wide scramble” aired on tv Asahi. KUSKA panel checkered stoles were purchased by the imperial household agency for prince and princess Akishino’s visiting to Tango.
2015 KUSKA’s tango jacquard tie started be in the in-flight sales magazine for 200 ANA international flights. Opened KUSKA flagship store in Karasuma Sanjo, Kyoto.
2016 Produced a tie in collaboration with Wako Ginza.
2017 First solo exhibition at the world’s largest men’s clothing exhibition “Pitty Imagine Uomo” held in Florence, Italy (exhibited 6 times in a row until january 2020).
2018 Collaborated with the famous store “tie your tie” in Florence, Italy. started operation of “THE TANGO”, a web media specializing in Tango.
2019 Started trading with Huntsman in Savile Row, London.
2020 Opened KUSKA flagship store in ‘Hibiya Okuroji’, Tokyo. produced original ties for students of Seishin High School in tango and provided free.
2022 KUSKA was rebranded as kuska fabric.
kuska fabric flagship shop was reopened in the The Imperial Hotel Plaza.

our customers

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  • Junrian
  • Ginza Wako
  • Factelier
  • ANA Trading
  • STRASBURGO
  • Tokyo life
  • D&DEPARTMENT
  • Shokunin.com
  • Nishijinori Kaikan

department store

  • Hankyu Department Store
  • Takashimaya department Store
  • Sogo&Seibu Department Store
  • Ginza Matsuya Department Store
  • Keihan Department Store
  • Mitsukoshi Isetan Department Store
  • Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store

overseas

  • London: HUNTSMAN
  • USA: KHAKIS OF CARMEL
  • Singapore: The Kevin Seah Group Pte
  • Germany: Andreas Moller bespoke shop