hatra hoodies are for the stylish and recluse. 2015 SS. hatra ひきこもり”ながら”おでかけ 2015春夏
Go for a stroll while in recluse. Hatra is pulling some high-level Chalayan-isms on us this season, with pieces that are experimental and multilayered in societal meaning. Layer 1: During the cold winter season in Japan, where insulation and central heating is a rare luxury, many people gather around the “kotatsu”, which is a low-level
change your perspective! Phenomena Collection accessories 2015 まさか！視点を変えさせられるアクセサリーブランド、フェノメナコレクション 2015 SS
This world is full of fashion and accessories… sometimes you’ve seen it all, and 10 times over. So it was such an incredible feeling to come across a designer making things that challenged me and pulled at my heartstrings (and made me want to break out my cash toute suite). That would be Japanese accessories
Introducing Tamaki Fujie, a textile techno-wizardress タマキフジエ、ミックステクがピカイチ2015ss
In the holdrums of a rather flat fashion season (SS2015 I`m lookin’ at you), even one unique detail, fabric, pattern, or mix of all of the above can send a fashion fan on an orbit they’ve never ridden before. Not to say I haven’t had my eye on Tamaki Fujie before, but this, her 5th
Ne-net 2015 SS Tokyo: an encyclopedia of tradtional Japan ネネット2015春夏の「和」百科事典
The theme for Ne-net’s 2015 spring summer show was “WA” (“Japanese”). Hmmm…. a Japan-themed collection in Japan? How….original? But Ne-Net has proved itself time and again to take the zeitgeist and make it definitely its own (last season it brilliantly interpreted manga, afterall). As the models came out one by one, me and every
Politely ostentatious. Geraldine debut collection 2015 SS 丁寧に一風変わった、Geraldine アクセサリーデビュー
One of the reasons I even started this blog was because I would stumble across amazing little brands in the alleys of Tokyo, or the creative people around me wold start a project that would turn into a full-fledged label (like Vive Vagina) and I wanted a place to extol it’s fabulousness. While I
Better than Jem: Sretsis 2015 SS Tokyo キラキラ80sパレード、スレトシス春夏2015
The world is a buzz about the Jem and the Holograms live movie, but if you want to get your fill of big-haired rollerskatin’ bad-ass rockers from another planet, you need only to look at the 2015 SS collection from Sretsis. There was enough here to provide costumes for its whole film…AND the sequels. Amidst
mintdesigns’ domestic SS 2015 Tokyo ミントデザインズの2015年春夏で登場するMissミント
Mintdesigns seems that it’s taking housewives as their style muses. Domestic life and its aesthetic is something that international fashion people don’t exactly tout around (aprons aren’t exactly in vogue…. yet….). But luckily this is a far more abstract interpretation of being at home. Bed sheet stripes, duvet frills, pajama suits, pillow clutches, and prints
Deep inside the body with SOMARTA 2015 SS Tokyo ソマルタの深く追求した不思議な身体展、春夏2015コレクション
“Where are the avant-garde Japanese designers??”. If a foreign fashion editor isn’t looking for street-style, then they’re usually on the hunt for some wild forward-thinking brands a la Comme des Garcons, Yohji, Junya, Issey, etc. High-fashion avant-gardism tends to be celebrated in Europe with more grandeur than here at home, so it’s tough to