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
Amazing Origami in Fashion: DIOR, Iris Van Herpen, Issey Miyake and Jum Nakao.
おりがみとファッションの関係：華やか、エッジ、ハイテク、そして革新的。ディオール、三宅、ヘルペンとジュンナカオ。 I seem to be on an origami kick lately, and that’s the internet’s fault… because one photo leads to another, and one website link leads to another….and next thing I know I`m knee deep in amazing photos and designs that make me drop my jaw. Fashion has been inspired by the art craft of origami for eons… in
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,
ITS INTERNATIONAL TALENT AWARD 2013 GIVES THE STATUE TO? THE YAKUZA, THE MEXICAN WRESTLER, THE SOUL IN LIMBO OR…?
世界で輝く、12年目のITSアワードの受賞者はヤクザのコレクション？それとも侍？メキシカンレスラー？テーマパークの魂の？さ、今明らかになる！ Tonight the runway for the international talent support (ITS) revealed the winner of the 12th round. That winner was South Korean Han Chul Lee. His collection was menswear and it was inspired by the yakuza and their tattoos. He interpreted it with intricate leatherwork on the back and the sleeves with designs
THE FUTURE OF FASHION, THE END OF THE WORLD, IRIS VAN HERPEN COUTURE, UNITED NUDE, 3D PRINTERS, WHEW!
ファッションの未来はここにある！そして世界の”終わり”もここにある！ Iris Van Herpenクチュール x United Nude、3Dプリントとその関係。 I`m here to show off the incredibly “Wow…just wow” couture 3D-printed shoes by Iris Van Herpen x United Nude. But first, let me tell you a quick story. See I know this very cool guy named Bikke, some call him Ko-chan, some call him badass. Whatever you call
FROM BALLOONS TO LEGOS, NEW FASHION WORK FROM DAISY BALLOON ルーンにレゴ、デザイナー兼アーティストのDAISY BALLOONによるファッション新作がどれも目新しく刺激的。
Rie Hosokai calls herself a balloon artist, although most of her floaty sculptures take the form of dresses and gowns. So then it was a surprise to me to open up one of my favorite technology blogs this morning and see her and her partner Takashi Kawada’s work as duo “Daisy Balloon” being featured for
PHOTOSHOOTS IN THE CRAZIEST OF PLACES….GETTING INSPIRED BY SUPERMARKET “TAMADE”
なぜ、ファッション界はフォトシュートの舞台を変わった場所にすることを好む？・・そうえいば大阪の「スーパー玉出」！ “TAMADE, that crazy supermarket”. My ears perked up. A crazy supermarket? I was in Osaka, asking for shops to visit and here my friends Shuhei and Momoko were talking about supermarkets, of all things. “It’s amazing, you’ll love it.” This is coming from the girl who had giant 3D lizard lips for an iPhone
CAN MUSIC VIDEOS BE ART? THE DARK BEAUTY OF DAVID BOWIE, SIGUR ROS, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE DIRECTOR FLORIA SIGISMONDI
PVってアート？デビッドボウイ、シガーロス、ジャスティン T.等のPVを監督するフローリア・シジスモンディの美しくひねた世界観を紹介 There was a time I aspired to be a music video director, after seeing a behind-the-scenes documentary on Christina Aguilera’s video for “Fighter”. I rushed to the internet to learn how one might break into the business (know someone important) and even studied the lingo, like “treatment” (screen boards). For that video, the