Thom Yorke , Radiohead’s leading man and the brain behind English rock group The Smile , is a good friend of UNDERCOVER’s founder and creative director, Jun Takahashi . In March 2021, in fact, the decorated musician debuted an acoustic version of Radiohead’s debut 1992 single “Creep” on the fashion label’s Tokyo Fashion Week runway for Fall 2021, when Takahashi’s collection, aptly titled “Creep Very,” mirrored the remixed song’s pared-back aura. Having maintained a friendship in the years since, Yorke and Takahashi have now reunited in a professional sense to deliver an all-new collaboration at Yorke’s suggestion.
Yorke, who will be embarking on a solo 10-stop tour across Japan beginning on November 12, approached UNDERCOVER about creating a ready-to-wear collection filled with the sketches and random poems that he had written in his scrapbook over the last several years. Takahashi took the source material and selected the best works to be turned into graphic T-shirt and sweatshirt designs. The results include “Thom Yorke University” T-shirts, portraits of Yorke taken by Michael Avedon covered in illustrative eyes and poetry cascading down the back of “Pain & Confusion” tops.
The UNDERCOVER x Thom Yorke collection will be released online and at UNDERCOVER NOISE LAB Shibuya PARCO and UNDERCOVER Shinsaibashi PARCO on November 15, with prices ranging from ¥16,500 JPY ($108 USD) to ¥27,500 JPY ($181 USD). A limited number of 12-inch “Don’t Get .
