Hiroshi Fujiwara, known as the godfather of streetwear, was born on February 7, 1964, in Ise, a coastal city in central Japan far from the fashion capitals that would eventually define his career. As a teenager, he was drawn to the confrontational energy of punk music and the Sex Pistols, going so far as to hunt down Seditionaries, the Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren label that dressed the movement. At 18, he moved to Tokyo and planted himself in Harajuku, the neighborhood that was becoming the epicenter for street fashion in Japan. Fujiwara traveled to London and met McLaren and Westwood; he even shared an apartment with Boy George from Culture Club. In the 1980s, hip-hop entered the picture, and after a trip to New York to experience the culture firsthand, Fujiwara expanded on the punk foundation he built in Ise. A DJ by trade, he absorbed both scenes not as a passive fan but as someone who understood how to carry ideas across borders, a skill that would define everything he built afterward.…