After unveiling a high-profile collection at Paris Fashion Week last weekend, luxury fashion brand Vivienne Westwood has announced an exciting new collaboration with VIZ. If you’re like me and love fashion as much as you love manga, the recently announced collaboration between these two iconic brands is perfect for you. On October 6, 2025, Cosmopolitan exclusively revealed that a new cover design is being created in collaboration with Vivienne Westwood to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Nana, written and illustrated by the elusive manga artist Ai Yazawa.
One of the best-selling manga of all time, Nana tells the story of two young women with the same name, Nana Komatsu and Nana Osaki, who share their lives despite the challenges they face. It is known for its iconic punk and post-punk fashion, inspired by the spirit of fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, including tartans, corsets, safety pins and platform boots. Inspired by the manga artist’s education in fashion school, her work uses fashion to tell stories that reflect the characters’ inner lives.
And Yazawa’s use of fashion is unique to Japan. “While many Western critics saw Westwood as leaning toward self-parody, he saw continuity and meaning in Japanese subcultural spaces,” writes Gil Prinsen in Yokogao. “Westwood’s history, irony, and embrace of gender fluidity spoke volumes in Japan, which was facing a generational identity crisis in the post-bubble era.”
“In Yazawa’s world, rebellion doesn’t mean burning down the system, it means surviving. It means walking through Shinjuku Station with your heart held high, even if your heart is torn apart. Westwood punk had anger, but Yazawa has rebellion laced with kindness.”
Check out this article for a side-by-side comparison of Vivienne Westwood’s influence on Nana!
Limited collection cover of Nana 25th Anniversary Edition Vol. 2. 1: The Vivienne Westwood Edition features the series’ two protagonists, both wearing Vivienne Westwood’s iconic designs. You can check out the special design below.
Photo provided by: NANA © 1999 by Yazawa Manga Seisakusho/SHUEISHA Inc. © 2025 Vivienne Westwood
You can purchase Nana 25th Anniversary Edition Vol.1. #1 in bookstores and online at Books-a-Million from October 21, 2025, and available to Vivienne Westwood shoppers in boutiques from October 30, 2025. Finally, if you’re attending New York Comic Con 2025, you can purchase it at the VIZ Media booth (#2235) while supplies last.
Nana 25th Anniversary Edition Vol. 1: Vivienne Westwood Edition will be released exclusively at Books-A-Million in the US on October 21, 2025.
More information about NYCC 2025 can be found in The Beat’s NYCC 2025 archive.
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