High Fashion Streetwear
Bashaques
İzmir-born, Saint Martins-trained Başak Cankeş launched Bashaques in 2014 as 'wearable art' — sculptural womenswear painted, embroidered and laser-cut into one-of-one pieces. Her ateliers in Alaçatı and Istanbul double as galleries. Cankeş won the Mediterranean Fashion Prize in Marseille and a YOTA initiative spot from London's Centre for Fashion Enterprise; her Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Istanbul show 'Once' drew international press for its painterly tailoring.
Shop Secondhand
Archive and rare Bashaques pieces mostly circulate on the resale market. Japanese sites don't ship to China — buy via a proxy like Buyee; most Western sites ship internationally or are reachable with a US/EU forwarder.
Japan · via Buyee
US / Europe
Timeline4
2014—2023·9 yrs
- 2014
Bashaques Founded in Istanbul
Turkish designer Başak Cankeş founds Bashaques in Istanbul, focused on sculptural, sustainably produced womenswear.
- 2017
International Press Recognition
Vogue and Wallpaper* feature Bashaques as a leading voice in contemporary Turkish design.
- 2020
Sustainability and Zero-waste Focus
The label deepens its zero-waste cutting and natural dye sourcing across all collections.
- 2023
European Wholesale Push
Bashaques expands stockists across European concept stores and online luxury retailers.
