0Somarta Spring/Summer 2008
Sep 16 2007: Somarta, the label begun by Issey Miyake protégé Tamae Hirokawa in 2006, has very quickly grown into an exciting and promising brand. Feted by foreign and domestic press alike the label’s latest offerings demonstrated what all the fuss is about.
1N.HOOLYWOOD Spring/Summer 2008 - Triumph
Sep 16 2007: Quite simply, Daisuke Obana’s N.HOOLYWOOD brand is the best menswear label in Japan
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0 Tiny Dinosaur A/W 2008 - Uninspired
Mar 16 2007: Japan Fashion Week newcomers Tiny Dinosaur presented their Autumn/Winter 07/08 collection in the airy Tokia Building in Tokyo on Friday
0JUNYA TASHIRO A/W 2007 - Obvious Talent
Mar 15 2007: Fukuoka based designer Junya Tashiro showcased his second collection for Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo on Thursday
0Theatre Products/Kingly Theatre Products
Mar 15 2007: Akira Takeuchi and Tayuka Nakanishi’s Theatre Products and Kingly Theatre Products label has been gathering much attention of late. An exhibition in Shibuya’s Parco in January and substantial interest from the press has earmarked this label for future glory.
0Gut’s Dynamite Cabarets Autum/Winter 2007 - Drag Queens and Macho Boys
Mar 14 2007: Cabaret Aki and Jackal Kuzu’s flamboyant label Gut’s Dynamite Cabarets camped up Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo on Wednesday
0HISUI Autumn/Winter 2007 - Clumsy
Mar 12 2007: Hiroko Ito’s Hisui label has gathered many fans over the years. A regular at Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo, previously the Tokyo Collections, Hisui haｓ an image for beautifully crafted contemporary womenswear.
0io yukomura"Ta A/W 2007 - Woeful
Mar 12 2007: If the organizers of Japan Fashion Week want to promote Tokyo as a creative fashion force it may want to exert a little more quality control. A woeful io yukomura“Ta collection was nothing short of an amateurish attempt at design
DESIGN FESTA - Asia's Most Exciting Art Festival - PART 2 - The People
The second part of this two part series focuses on the people at Design Festa 8 comments
DESIGN FESTA - Asia's Most Exciting Art Festival - PART 1 - The Art
The first part of this two part series focuses on the art at Design Festa 4 comments
With Love from Japan — Truly Cute Embroidered Patches
Dorothy Vacance—one of Tokyo’s hidden gems—is offering really cute embroidered patches featuring traditional images of Japan 0 comments
rooms 32 - February 2016
One of Tokyo’s most important fashion and design exhibitions, rooms, took place again this week. JAPANESE STREETS picked a few favorites 3 comments
A Look Back at Last Year's JAPANESE STREETS Photo Exhibition
Last year, Israel’s famous Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art exhibited over 100 of JAPANESE STREETS photographs 6 comments
