Sandra Sakata, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Sandra Sakata

Japanese-American fashion designer

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1940

Date of Death: 21-Sep-1997

Profession: businessperson, fashion designer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sandra Akemi Sakata (August 24, 1940 – September 21, 1997) was an American fashion designer and fashion retailer. She was a proponent of the art to wear movement and featured one-of-a-kind creations at her boutique Obiko, co-founded in 1972 on Sutter Street, San Francisco, with Kaisek Wong, Alex Mate and Lee Brooks.
She sought to showcase the work of artists she met in the San Francisco Bay Area.
A Japanese-American, she was known for being an "exquisitely dressed" "dynamo" and traveled in the Far East.
Her apartment included displayed some the goods she found in her travels.