Establishing a New Definition For the Phenomenon Known as “gyaru”
定義を変えようとする、新しい “ギャル” のかたちを提案 Today at the door to the exhibitions, we were welcomed to a creed. A creed heralding a new era of gyaru…? 今日の展示会のエントランスで迎えてくれた信念。これは、”ギャル”という新しいカタチ…？
Pearls, Crystals and…Paper?! Jill Stuart and Katsuya Kamo’s Super Unique Jewelry Collection
パールにビジューに…紙？！ジルスチュアート x 加茂克也のシュールなコラボアクセサリーは必見 Yesterday I talked about hat/wig/mask designer Kamo Katsuya, the guy who turned down Bjork (and Isabella Blow, actually). Looking at his incredibly creative work means you’re looking straight at the face of the most avantgarde pieces in the industry. Now he is branching out from magazine shoots and runway shows to test
The Man Who Turned Down Bjork. Hair Genius Kamo Katsuya’s Masks and Revolutionary Hats on Parade at “100 Headpieces”
ビョークを断れるってどんな人？過激的なヘッドピースとマスクを約200点展示中：天才の加茂克也 “100 Headpieces”に迫る Junya Watanabe 2006 “Bjork will call me up and ask me to sell some of the hat pieces I’ve made and I just can’t do it.” What the hell kind of guy is it in this world who turns down Bjork? Kamo Katsuya, that’s who. And that’s not because he has some
This is Hyper Tokyo Style Beyond Harajuku, Where Art and Fashion Clash With the Street
台湾発ファッション誌 Zine による、美術とファッションの MAXミックスで作ったポスト原宿のハイパー東京スタイル。ミューズはなんとこの人…！ This is what happens when major personalities collide. Magic! Shot for Taiwan-based alternative magazine Zine (素人)、it was concepted by my friend and stylist Kosei Matsuda and shot in Tokyo this summer. He told me he wanted to do a shoot inspired by my personal style, and asked me to gather as
Intimate and Close-up With the Incredible Comme des Garcons 2014 Spring Summer Collection
独占！コムデギャルソンの電撃的な雰囲気を上手く引き入れた春夏2014年ショーとコレクションを身近くクローズアップ！ I imagine a Comme des Garcons fashion show as one of those study groups where psychologists get volunteers, put them in uncanny situations, and then record their reactions for research. In this case, designer Rei Kawakubo is behind the two-way glass and we the attendees are the volunteers in the box (and in some
Foul-Mouthed and Radioactive, MYOB and AMPM Pop-Up in Tokyo’s Kitakore
話題のブランド２つがキタコレにポップアップ！MYOB（NYC）とAMPM （台北）。台湾のクールなファッションアイコンも登場 If you haven’t made it out to Kitakore in Koenji in some time…or if never (wth is your problem?!) then now is your excuse! Until TUESDAY is two incredible awesome pop-up shops inside. もし、高円寺にあるキタコレビルに最近足を運んでないなと思ったら。。。もしくは、一度も訪れたことがないのなら（なんで行かないのか甚だ疑問だけど！）、今から話すことがあなたがキタコレに行く理由になるはず。火曜日まで、キタコレに二つのとってもイカすポップアップストアがオープンしている。
Comme des Garcons Designer Rei Kawakubo’s Protege Kei Ninomiya is Back Again! “noir” Collection for 2014 SS
コムデギャルソンのファミリーより新ブランド「noir kei ninomiya」の第２コレクションが発表！驚くテクの巧みと面白み＋シック感が見所！ I was at the Comme des Garcons exhibit of the 2014 SS collections for their stable of brands this week, and I was so pleased to see Rei Kawakubo’s newest protege, Kei Ninomiya, not only had a new collection out but that it was bigger than last season! 普遍の人気を誇るコムデギャルソンの2014ssコレクションのエキシビションに行ってきました！そして前シーズンから注目してる川久保玲さんの愛弟子、二宮啓さんのクリエーションが見れて感激！新作の数も増えて、ブランドのちょっとずつの前進がはかれます。
Cabbage Patch Dolls, Chinese Idols of the 80s, Karaoke, and a Totally Straight Face. Subversive “Otaku” Jenny Fax SS 2014 Tokyo
キャベツ人形ちゃん、８０年代中国アイドル、カラオケ、そしてリアルなおたくモード。ジェニーファックス2014年春夏をレポート Jenny Fax is the most enigma of a brand you will find in the entire world. On the one hand, you have something that is truly incredible and creating an entirely new movement of fashion starting from Japan. Finally! Something imaginative, and exciting to observe. On the other hand, that fashion is rooted