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
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
“ITS DESIGN AWARDS” 13 FINALISTS INCLUDE 3 JAPANESE–UP CLOSE WITH THE COLLECTIONS
ITSデザインアワーズの１３名のファイナリストには３人が日本人、「ジャパン」をテーマにしたコレクションが多数登場。 Trieste is a fine place for a young designer to catch their breath after the rollercoaster that they put themselves on when applying-and getting nominated-for the ITS Awards in Italy. The small city is isolated from the hubbub of Milan, so it allows a very intimate look at the conceptual collections. This is the
AMBUSH FROM 2D TO 3D WITH THE “AKIRA”-INSPIRED 2013 AW COLLECTION “NOMAD”
アニメ作「アキラ」からヒントを得たAMBUSHの新作秋冬コレクション「NOMAD」がいよいよ手に入れる！ AMBUSH, the Tokyo-based accessories brand has been doing so well in it’s still-short ouvre that it kinda is just like mowing the lawn with the competition. [Like one of those engine-powered John Deere machines.] There are a few reasons for this, and most notably there really isn’t much competition to speak of, in terms
CUNE’s SPECIAL SALE: 0% OFF!!! THIS CRAZY BRAND JUST NEVER LETS UP…..
CUNEでは特別セール、0% OFF 実施中！このファニーな発想にたいしてパチパチパチ。 Alright, CUNE is just fucking with us now. First it was a collection about a trolley. Then it was one covered in realistic eyeballs. And then they just went out and presented a collection that was supposed to make us sick. It’s didn’t make me sick, but the prints of gross things