The coolest store no one knows of
Ever heard of Bedrock? No? Well, its only one of the coolest stores in Tokyo. There’s a rumor that it lies down a spiral staircase that can only be accessed through the back of a café at the lower end of Omotesando Hills…
AU gets fashionable
Just when you thought Western phones with a selection of a few measly colors were cool—check out the snazzy phone art and accessories as part of the AU meets mobile fashion project
Q Pot
Trinkets that look so realistically like desserts you may want to take them off after long bouts of fasting or sleeping at night, lest you decide for a midnight snack…
e.m. for the cool kids
Japanese silver accessories brand e.m. has one of those cult followings that any brand can only hope to gain- this has spurred off-shoot lines, and even a huge book cataloging past ad campaigns and editorial pictures.
Rico Archives first Installation
At Rico Archives’ installation last week, a leaping male ballet dancer with a star tattoo on his cheek twirling and sashaying about stole the spotlight in the debut show
Patrick Stephan Making a Mark on Tokyo
In 2000, Patrick Stephan moved to Japan to begin his highly conceptual brand with abstract couture-like acccessories made of safetypins, hair clips, and tarnished tin. More interesting every season…
Soe in Nakameguro
Soe (so-ee) can be spelt with the characters for “create” and “inclination”. So then it goes without saying that this menswear brand is a favorite among fashionably apt men around the cool area of Nakameguro and beyond
Barbie Gone Harajuku
Barbie. Now, before your eyes roll back in your head, see what fuss the plastic prodigy is kicking up in the back streets of Harajuku with her new best friend, the queen of quirk, Patricia Field
Trembled Blossoms
What do Prada, actress Minami and Laforet Shopping mall in Harajuku have in common? The most original dress ever seen in a sleepy Aoyama town, that’s what…
Tokyo Swarovski Bash
Swarovski is pulling its weight in crystal with the opening of their first ever flagship store in Ginza and the biggest bash of the year so far at Meiji Picture Memorial with more celebs in tow than you can throw a fistfull of rhinestones at.
Ys Red Label A/W 2008
This was the second collection for Ys Red Label since it first began last season. Since Yohji Yamamoto himself has gone to Paris, and his daughter Limi Feu went, and Y-3 is in New York, Ys Red Label is probably the hottest ticket of the Tokyo fashion season.
Tokyo Runway S/S 2008
Tokyo Runway is like Tokyo Girls Collection except that its not. It’s more like the Tokyo 20-30 Market Collection. And it had its first hurrah on Sunday.
Mercibeaucoup A/W 08
As I sat on my front-row seat waiting for the show to start (thanks A-net), I noticed the older gentleman sitting next to me is sleeping. Sleeping? At a fashion show?!
Public Image A/W 08
I first became interested in the brand Public Image when I saw WWD Japan had picked them up as a newcomer to watch 3 seasons ago.
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