TOKYO FASHION WEEK 2013 AW: GVGV. KILL 2 FETISHES WITH 1 STONE, GET BOTH YOUR HOUNDSTOOTH AND YOUR SPANKIN’ HERE
GVGV編。東京ファッションウィーク2013年秋冬をレポート。悪いファッショニスタにはG.V.G.V.がハーネスと鞭でお仕置きよ。 GVGV is gonna tie you up and give you a spanking if you’re being a bad, bad, fashionista. The theme was all fetish-y for AW 2013 and it was whip-tastic. Latex-like textiles (I doubt it’s ACTUAL latex, I have to see it up close at the exhibit) on form-fitting dresses with white apron applique and lots of
TOKYO FASHION WEEK 2013 AW: MIKIOSAKABE. FOREVER YOUNG. FOREVER GIRLY. FOREVER ANYTHING GOES.
ミキオサカベ編。東京ファッションウィーク2013年秋冬をレポート。「フォーエバー・ヤング」で世界独特な男性像が現れる Mikio Sakabe used all male models for his show and they looked amazing; cool, chiseled, tall, and sleek with wet makeup and gelled-back hair. They were like bulls charging down the runway to Prodigy’s “fire starter ” with masculine determination. Except that these boys were of a different breed…they were in lavender negligees and
TOKYO FASHION WEEK 2013 AW: ANREALAGE. WITCHERY! THE AMAZING DISAPPEARING TECHNICOLOR COATS
アンリアレイジ編。東京ファッションウィーク2013年秋冬をレポート。魔法！！フォトクロマ分子を洋服に落とすと何が起るかというと？！ It is stressful enough to me to have to come up with a new outfit to wear everyday, and I can’t imagine what its like for fashion designers to come up with brand new collections every season (note: I KNOW big brands have a team of design assistants to come up with ideas, but
TOKYO FASHION WEEK 2013 AW: ALICE AUAA. TRANSFORMING SPIDER-GIRL BRINGS PANACHE TO THE RUNWAY
東京ファッションウィーク2013年秋冬をレポート。 大阪のゴシックシーンからの刺客、突如登場したクチュールエンターテイナーAlice Auaa編 Alice Auaa brought the panache, the fantasy, the showmanship and the couture to Tokyo Fashion Week- and woulda think it would have been a little gothic brand from Osaka? 大阪のゴシックシーンからの刺客、東京ファッションウィークに突如登場したクチュールエンターテイナーAlice Auaa。 Photos by Mami Tanabe for TfD The week is still young, but it could be a contender for best show- I wonder
TOKYO FASHION WEEK 2013 AW: DRESSEDUNDRESSED. BLOODY SPIES AND VAMPIRES!
ドレスドアンドレスド編、東京コレクション「MBFT」2013年秋冬をレポート。二重スパイと思いきや、ヴァンパイヤーだった件？！ Halfway through the dressedundressed show I already had a story in my mind: inspired by James Bond’s Dr NO the chiseled models in leather military and wool overcoats and their mistresses wearing nothing but boxy wool blazers picked from their employers’ closets were actually spies and on the hunt for a target in the
TOKYO FASHION WEEK 2013 AW: CHRISTIAN DADA. FEATHERED SHOES LEAD TO HEAVEN AND REBIRTH
クリスチャンダダ編、東京コレクション「MBFT」2013年秋冬レポート。羽ばたく足下でヘブンとリバース(蘇り）へ。 Christian dada was the first official fall winter show of the tokyo fashion week season and it set a tone for excellence for the rest of the week. As the recipient of the DHL designer award designer Morikawa was under pressure to produce something good; especially after taking a break last season and going
SAY HELLO TO TOKYO FASHION WEEK AW 2013, SAY GOODBYE TO MASTERMIND JAPAN.
2013秋冬開幕！MBFT東京ファッションウィークへHELLO! そしてオープニングで最後のコレクションを豪華ランウェイで見せてくれたマスターマインドへGOODBYE Sunday today started off with a “hello” to Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Tokyo and a “farewell” to Mastermind Japan. The wildly popular brand showed their current 2013 SS collection on the runway as a gesture to bring out the crowd to the opening of fashion week, as the fans are legion and they’ll
TOKYO FASHION WEEK..WHAT’S YOUR DEAL, MAN?? ON THE CUSP OF MBFT 2013 FW
東京ファッションウィークの目前で弱みと強みを見極めてみるとーーーー「演出」がキーワード！ GVGV Tokyo Fashion Week is just around the corner, and I am as excited as ever. Which is funny, because one of the rights of passage to being a fashion writer is becoming jaded, like a well-dressed zombie. And it seems, as we are all exposed to the fashion shows online as both pros and fans alike, the