Few things are certain, but the words x Sacai at the end of a collaboration name generally mean something worthwhile is about to happen. Over the course of the 23 years since launching Sacai, Chitose Abe has linked up with Nike on court outfits for Naomi Osaka and sneakers for hybebeasts the world over, with A.P.C. on denim jackets and spliced sweatshirts, and with such music legends as Parliament Funkadelic, Daniel Johnston, and The Beatles. Her last IRL show at Paris Fashion Week featured a collab with no less an institution than NASA. Now, she is launching a partnership with fellow Japanese designer Tomo Koizumi on a selection of bags that marry their singular aesthetics.

Launched in China at the end of 2020 as a part of Abe’s Hello Sacai pop-up stores, the collection with Koizumi is arriving in the United States this week exclusively at Nordstrom stores. “For me there needs to be a genuine connection with any collaboration I take part in,” says Abe, “and it is always important to me that there is a balance between the two brands and a genuine interest on both sides.”