Glowing Jellyfish DNA silk by Gucci “Tranceflora” グッチのクラゲDNAで光る世界一ロマン的なシルク
クラゲのように光り、バラの香りに包まれ、そしてフェロモンがむんむんと出る女性を想像できますか？ それを実現しようとしているグッチとスプツニ子！ による ”Transflora – エイミの光るシルク展”が東京で解禁された。バイオテクノロジーを衣服で表現しようという、最先端的な企画は要チェック！ Could you imagine a woman who glows like a jellyfish, smells like fresh roses, and emits human pheromones? “Transflora Amy’s Silk”, Jellyfish DNA silk by Gucci and Sputniko revealed in Tokyo yesterday is the attempt to make that a reality in clothing through biotechnology .
Yohji Yamamoto goes chaotic OTAKU for Fall 2014 ◎ヲタク化したヨージヤマモト2014年秋冬
Seen most often in self-professed “otaku” (geek) designer collections in Tokyo, digital pop-collages are a huge thing. Avatars, pixels, characters, eyeballs, cosplay, pop-objects and analog media motifs are often plastered together in a way that purposely looks like a job done on MS Paint. So what an incredibly unexpected surprise to see Paris’ adopted grandfather
We Do Not Find Ourselves, We Create Ourselves. SOEN’s “Life in the 2.5 Dimension”
“自分とは「探すもの」だ”という大間違い。現実的には”「創造」するもの”よ。装苑連載中の「ミーシャの2.5次元ライフ」より This particular episode of my column running in SOEN magazine is probably my favorite. That’s because it’s also revealing something very personal that changed my mind and therefore changed my life. And saying it changed my mind is an understatement. It literally BLEW my mind (I love the japanese translation for this: “fish scales fell out
VOGUE Japan Gets With The Program and Features Cool Locals in “A Vision of Freedom”
VOGUE日本がめったにフィーチャーしないローカルなアイコンたちをピックアップ！ペリ、ひらり、Tiffany C、栗原類、アミアヤ… It can’t be denied that magazines are an extremely important part of the fashion landscape here in Tokyo. That goes for all printed matter, in fact. In terms of fashion styles, Japan’s is the most segmented market in the world and each style/tribe/age/ladies/mens/orientation has one or several titles dedicated solely to that style
MY SOEN MAGAZINE COLUMN “LIFE IN THE 2.5 DIMENSION” EPISODE 6: DAYDREAMERS
装苑で連載中「ミーシャの２．５次元ライフ」第６話：デイドリーム公開！デイドリームって何で重要？ The next episode of 2.5 dimension life is now online at Soen so check it out! This one is about daydreaming, and I kind of lament not having the opportunity to get in my own head these days. Every minute seeks to be filled with things to do, phone calls, text messages, tweets, meetings
LIVING IN TOKYO, THE HEAVEN AND (OR?) HELL OF FASHION. “2.5 DIMENSION LIFE” COLUMN NO. 5. FROM SOEN MAG.
ファッション的に、日本は一つの国で地獄と天国が同時に存在してるよう・・？装苑で連載中「2.5次元ライフ」の第５話 “HERE AND NOW” をチェック！ Can hell be heaven, at the same time? People who live in Tokyo: “Augghh its so #%$€! conservative here!” People who don’t: “Holy sh*t theres so much freedom in Tokyo!” Um????3 地獄と天国が実は紙一重しか隔てていなかったら、と想像してみて欲しい。 東京に住む人が言うには、“日本って本当にコンサバで嫌んなっちゃう！”その一方、海外の人は“日本ってなんてフリーダムな国なんだ！” もはや紙一重どころか、一つの国で地獄と天国が同時に存在してるよう。 Photos by MAMI TANABE When it comes to fashion, culture is a
VOCALOID IDOL HATSUNE MIKU STARS IN EPIC DIGITAL DEATH OPERA “The END” WEARING LOUIS VUITTON IN 2D STYLE
デジタルだって「死」はあるの？ヴォカロイドのアイドル、初音ミクが主演するデジタルオペラ「The END」を見に行ってきた感想と衣装を手がけたLOUIS VUITTONのレセプションをレポート！ Monks famously asked philosophical questions about trees in an empty forest and one hand clapping. How about this: can a person die if they never existed *as we do*? It was the question of the day at the opera for “The END”. When Louis Vuitton announced that they were lending designs for
TOKYO TRASH AS INDIE COUTURE. BALMUNG’S TRASH-BAG INSPIRED 2013 FW COLLECTION.
”トウキョウ・トラッシュ”は部屋のゴミ、東京のゴミ、頭のゴミ。”ゴミ”をイメージしてビニール袋などでクチュール的な作品を生み出したバルムーンの秋冬2013年コレクションをレポート Balmung (pronounced like “BALLOON” but with an “M”) has come a long way from making oversized puffed-up space-suit fashion jams to making…..BETTER puffy spacey fashion jams. All for earth-people, of course. He is quite adept at stitching together odd materials to create large silhouettes in cartoonish balance. I think about a post-apocalyptic anti-gravity Karaoke box where you