MAME WRITES STORIES FROM OLD PHOTOS, POSSESSES HER COLLECTION WITH THEM. SS 2013 IS EVIL GOOD.
アンチークの写真で50話もの空想なストーリーを作ってコレクションに込めたマメ2013年春夏をレポート。 Touted by me as the master of “Gundam” couture with her geometric plastic bags and accessories, mame is actually a growing successful casual-wear label that defied all obstacles to become scalding-hot property in Japan. But perhaps it’s less luck and more that the ex-Issey Miyake designer is both a commercial and artistic genius, knowing
BERGDORF GOODMAN’S MOST WONDROUS WINDOW DISPLAYS IN HISTORY: ART DECO
バーグドーフグッドマンのウィンドウディスプレイは１９２０sアールデコのファタジックな世界への窓 I will never tire of the window displays at the legendary magasin in New York City known as Bergdorfs. And nothing, NOTHING tops the incredible worlds of wonder they produce for the holiday season. Sometimes, I think I keep coming to New York for the holidays just to sneak up to Midtown and take
ROGGYKEI IS PULLING THE SOFT CURTAINS OFF THE FUTURE WITH “NEW HORIZONS”
ROGGYKEIの新コレクション “NEW HORIZONS” でソフトな未来が迎えてくれそう。 One of my favorite up and coming brands is Roggykei, which hail from Osaka. They have released their newest collection “New Horizon” at long last. They first presented it in Paris during fashion week in a show of wont for global permeance which is getting rarer in high-end Japanese fashion these
“LIFE IN THE 2.5 DIMENSION” IN SOEN MAGAZINE PART 2: HAT TRICKS.
装苑で連載中「ミーシャの2.5次元ライフ」第二回！ハットで次元を超えちゃおー！ It’s time for another installment in “Life in the 2.5 Dimension”, a column I write running monthly in SOEN magazine. The Feb issue was just released on the 26th which brings the second column. This time the magazine was dedicated to accessories so I took inspiration from that and wrote about one of my
GETTING SPIFFY AND NEW WITH OLD SCHOOL: HARCOZA’s “ASAKUSA BEAT” 2013 SS
古き良きもモダン良き：現代を感じさせるグルービーな「浅草ビート」。HARCOZA春夏2013年コレクションをご紹介！ I don’t know why I thought of talking about this today, I guess it could be the red and the green reminding me of the Christmas holidays, or the traditional time of Japanese new year, but here is the lookbook/campaign for Harcoza’s new 2013 SS collection “Asakusa Beat” 少し季節を先に進めることになるが、来春のHarcozaのコレクションの話。何故突然このことを書きたくなったかといえば、このコレクションのカラーパレットがクリスマスを彷彿とさせる赤と緑だったからかもしれないし、もしくは日本の伝統的なイメージから正月を思い起こしたのかもしれない。そんなこのコレクションのタイトルは、”浅草ビート”。 Shot in the most
WRAP UP YOUR LEGS IN A CHILDREN’S BOOK WITH FANTASTIC LEGGINGS BY PIEL PIE
まるで子供の絵本のような世界で彩る「PIEL PIE」のファンタジックなレギンズとタイツを知るべき！ It’s winter, I`m freezing, you’re freezing my legs are FREEZING! So it’s time to wrap those babies up… but considering today’s trend of having more options than ever when it comes to legwear, it would be absolutely assinine of you to wear something like black tights, or even just one color. You probably
THE WONDER-STRANGE OF WHITE: VISITNG THE MARTIN MARGIELA-DESIGNED HOTEL-RESTAURANT IN PARIS.
不思議かつ素敵なホワイトな世界に染まるマルタン・マルジェラによるデザインされたホテルとバーに訪れてきました。 Unless you are a die-hard fan of Martin Margiela, you probably wouldn’t know that he actually designed a hotel and restaurant in Paris. I wanted to check it out, so when I was in Paris I ventured over to Champs des Elysees and a small sidestreet where the hotel, appropriately called “The Maison des
GVGV’s BUG-EYED GIRLS ON THE “INSECTOPIA” RUNWAY FOR 2013 SS, TOKYO.
昆虫といえば、東京コレクションで披露された GVGV 2013年春夏コレクション「INSECTOPIA」 。ファッションは BUG ってる！ While we are on the subject of insects (see yesterday’s post on Joji Kojima’s “INSECTA” collection), how about we look at GVGV’s 2013 SS collection which also heavily borrowed from the beauty of of our little buggy friends? 昨日のJoji Kojimaに引き続き、と言ってはなんですが、今日も昆虫にまつわる話。今回は、同じく東京を拠点に絶大なる人気を誇るG.V.G.V.の新作の昆虫インスパイアコレクションです。 Photos by Mami Tanabe for TfD Appropriately titled “Insectopia”,