After studying at Tokyo's Bunka Academy of Fashion, Jun Takahashi created Undercover in 1991 while he was still in school. Eternally inspired by music, he opened his first store in 1993 and soon moved on to present his first runway show the next year. Mentored by Rei Kawakubo, Takahashi has since become an integral part of the industry, taking an avant-garde approach with a "less is better"philosophy.