Sometimes a person\u2019s death makes his or her accomplishments feel even more remarkable. This was the case for me with Shu Uemura, who passed away on December 29, 2007. I used to think he was simply unusual for his generation of Japanese men and therefore had to leave the country to find more freedom.<\/p>\n
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Shu Uemura\u2019s flagship store in Omotesando, Tokyo. The news of his passing carried me back to that time, when I was a young, overly confident sculptor fresh out of Tokyo Geidai, working on my first project: the interior of a new Tadao Ando building in Osaka. Around the same period, I was offered the chance to design the interior of Shu Uemura\u2019s new flagship store in what was then the trendiest district of Tokyo \u2014 and I simply declined. I wasn\u2019t interested in what Shu Uemura was doing\u2026 or, to be more exact, I couldn\u2019t stand the idea of a man dealing with makeup at that time.<\/p>\n
Now that I am selling fragrances (and sometimes I don\u2019t even understand why I am doing that), I can relate to Shu Uemura much more. I have to admit he was courageous \u2014 and what he accomplished is incomparable.<\/p>\n
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