What’s The Deal With Pre-Collections? And The New Hybrid Trend Introduced at DIOR 2014
プレクレクションは一体なぜ必要とされるの？そしてDIORプレスプリングでみた 2014年ハイブリッドの新トレンドにクロースアップ！ However you call them, the cruise, resort, pre-spring, and pre-fall collections of high fashion brands are looked down upon by fashion purists because they are seen as a “watered-down” version of a runway collection since they are made in between the major seasons. It’s true; they are highly commercial collections, very much
The Detachable Collar Trend Gets More Exposure: Yuki Inoue’s Candy-Filled, X-Ray Collars
スケルトン付け襟にキャンディーやバラの花びらを入れ込み、”ラブリー”をクールに見せるYUKI INOUE Just when I think the detachable collar trend has been around the block and scraped the bottom of the barrel, I come across designer/artist Yuki Inoue’s vinyl collars. The lovely little trinkets like rose petals, candy and flowers he fills the clear accessories with appear to be suspended in glass at the collarbones.
Sweaty, Peeling Bowls Have Never Been so CHIC. Introducing Funky Ceramic Artist Takuro Kuwata.
“汗”をかく茶碗、”フケる”ボール。桑田卓郎の一風変わった美意識を持つ陶器は世界の注目を浴び始めてる。 I honestly, really, really appreciate traditional artistry and history, but when it comes to my contemporary life, I don’t like to surround myself with things that look like they are from the past. It’s a personal preference. So I never got into Japanese pottery, although it’s as revered as the art of flower arrangement,
Lady Gaga, Daphne Guinness Shoe Designer Noritaka Tatehana Pops up at ISETAN, Gets Charismatic
レディガガ、ダフネギネスらの足元を魅了させる、世界の靴デザイナーノリタカタテハナの限定ショップが伊勢丹で開催中。レアな作品も試着できる！ Noritaka Tatehana is considered one of the most “charismatic” cobblers of our new global generation, hashing out vertiginous heel after vertiginous heel for such crazy-famous ladies like Lady Gaga then my hero, Daphne Guinness among others. I went to see him the other day and was reminded that “charismatic” doesn’t necessarily mean loud and
Welcome to Tokyo Wani Department’s “Alice in Matsuri-Land” Wicker World
アリスの迷い込んだ世界はハートの女王に支配されたお祭りの国だった「東京わにデパート」展 @ 伊勢丹新宿 Tokyo Wani Department is back this time with an installation in Isetan Dept Store on the 2nd floor at the Girls’ Gallery Space (right at the top of the escalator). Many of you will be excited to hear the theme: “Alice in Matsuri-Land”. “Matsuri” means festival, so this is a collision of
Calling All Photographers, Makeup, Stylist Teams in Asia! Show Shiseido Your Most Creative Muscles
クリエイターへのラブコール！ヘアメイク、フォトグラファー、スタイリストの為のコンペ、「資生堂ビューティーイノベーター」が今年開催 Calling all creative photographer/hair/makeup/stylist teams who want to show one of the world’s biggest beauty brands what they’ve got! Shiseido Professional is holding their annual “Beauty Innovator Award” which chooses the best portrait photo for a chance at world recognition. The contest is based on conveying a theme in a photograph, with the styling,
Cooler than an “it” girl is my muse, Mari Natsuki with an exclusive chat and appearance in Tokyo Mode Diaries!
itガールよりも遥かにクールな夏木マリさんがマイミューズ！「東京モードダイアリー」を記念に独占撮影とトーク！ Oy, the word “muse”. Overused, but it’s so much better to be a muse than an “it” girl or “idol”. Muses inspire, enlighten, and are the product of themselves and no image machine. I think it’s great to have someone to look up to and emulate and respect. I often get asked if
TAO, Maki Nomiya, Hana Matsushima Star in Keita Maruyama Retro Fashion Film AW 2013
TAO、野宮真貴、松島花、市川美和子が出演するKeita Maruyama 秋冬13年のファッションフィルムはレトロクール Keita Maruyama is quite a big-wig designer here in Japan, and last year I even named him fashion’s MVP for all the work he did in the Japan Times newspaper. I`m talking all the costumes he made for Mika Ninagawa’s “Helter Skelter” film, the apron dresses he designed for Tokyo’s number one