Daiki Suzuki is a Japanese-born American clothing designer, he went to a design school the into work in retail, which prompted his own work at home (D.I.Y. of sorts.) After years of buying he was able to do what he does now. He is the head of the American clothing brand Engineered Garment. In 1970 he was one of the first buyer of Woolrich fashion in Japan. In 2001 Suzuki became the designer for Woolrich Woolen Mills in Amercia.
Suzuki says of his work, "I try to choose good dynamic designs with patterns that can be modified for today's use. Usually I re-work the fits as lightly as possible, being careful not to re-produce vintage designs—adding some things and taking some off, balancing it out to make it look new."
Engineered Garments began in 1999 as a way of Suzuki to make his own products, a product you couldn't find. The business shifted when the internet was becoming more and more popular - things were no longer hard to find! The internet was great for expanding the entire clothing industry but specialty was being killed.Suzuki wasn't as such influenced, EG was very personal to him. He says "it's about clothes I have seen, worn, bought and grew up with, for me its an amalgamation of all these things" along with "I approach my work with my personal experiences only"
He has a calm approach to his company saying that "If anyone is interested and we are approached we are more than happy to start dialogue and hopefully it's a good result. EG is not about being cool or making people look a certain way but it can help."
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