Dresscamp tags Kazzrock for Tokyo SS 2015 ドレスキャンプ2015年春夏レポート
I had an internal struggle on how to blog during Tokyo Fashion Week this season… do I do a short daily roundup on everything that happened? i.e. “Insider” bon mots like ‘Tilda Swinton crossed my path like a black cat and I am forever cursed because I`ll never come across someone so mesmerizing again…? And
Eri Maki Sox newest shirt socks エリマキソックスより膝丈と新柄が登場！
Everyone’s favorite shirt-socks (the only shirt socks?) are back! These are the ones that went viral when they debuted in Tokyo this year, and every new iteration brings on a steamroll of fans. And this time they come with more personality than ever. Check out the dalmation print in a knee-high design, the first of
City Surfing with G.V.G.V 2015 Spring Summer ジーヴィージーヴィー 2015年春夏のシティ サーフ
Back in Paris, which already feels like years ago… but more like a week, I got to see a number of exhibitions of upcoming Japanese brands in the back-widing alleyways of the Le Marais district. Brands like Divka, mame, and GVGV show their collections to the best buyers in the world, and their Tokyo-born status
Lad Musician meets The Velvet Underground 2014-15 AW ベルベットアンダーグラウンド対ラッドミュージシャン秋冬2014-15
Lad Musician takes it’s relation to music seriously, in the way that people consider it a lifeline when down in the depths- LM too cops itself a lifeline to the same crowd with inspirations that “the eye can’t see”. This mix of fashion and sound has carried the brand for almost 20 years. Inspired
You MUST know: Mintdesigns AW 2014-15 世界が知るべきミントデザインズ。秋冬2014-15年アナーキー。
Just this week, Japanese brand ANREALAGE wowed the fashion industry with their debut on the Paris Fashion Week schedule. After speaking to some international press, a general consensus was that is was of course, “Amazing”, but they also wondered what other brand from Japan is also worthy of being brought into the limelight. That of
Takahiro Miyashita the Soloist goes LIVE 2014-15 AW タカヒロミヤシタ the ソロイストがLIVE演奏 秋冬21014-15
Takahiro Miyashita is Japan’s answer to Hedi Slimane. When he was designing (n)umber (n)ine, he was hailed as a genius, but also a recluse, and just as obsessed with music and photography along with his fashion dayjob. His subsequent brand, “Soloist” is an extension of that eclecticism. The idea is that “Every person performs
“written by…” the new crazy is calm. Tokyo 2014-15 「リトゥンバイ…」狂気と冷静の隙間。秋冬2014-15
Designer and artist Yoshikazu Yamagata has come up from the wayside to be one of the most celebrated representatives of Japanese fashion culture as art. He is a creator and a teacher at his own fashion school, but it seems it has been a while since we had seen any fashion from him. In comes
Meet somnium ,where hallucinations become accessories. 身につけられる夢と妄想？空想をアクセサリーに落とすソムニウム を紹介
This is a brand that is all over the Tokyoites and other Japanese who are one step ahead in fashion. It’s called somnium, a Latin word which means feverish dream (where we get “insomnia”). True to its namesake, the accessories are daydream and fantasy-like, and still ethereal in their lightness and airy form. These are