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Eley Kishimoto | icon 015 | September 2004
words Lesley Jackson
Brixton Prison is a long way from the catwalk, but this is where the celebrated fashion duo Eley Kishimoto choose to operate – well, next door anyway.
Apparently, from the roof of their three-storey building (a former jam factory) you can sometimes see the inmates playing football in the exercise yard.
The husband-and-wife team have occupied these premises for eight years, gradually colonising the whole building.
According to their official biography Eley Kishimoto was established in In those days they were just a couple of struggling freelance.
The ground floor houses the long screen-printing tables where sample lengths of their extraordinary patterned textiles are produced. The design studio is on the first floor, along with pattern cutting and sample-making operations, overseen by Wakako (39) from behind her drawing board.
Mark (36) takes the lead on external projects, art direction and the development of the group. He’s based on the top floor, which doubles up as office, showroom and archive store.
According to their official biograp