5Romantic Fairy Tale Clothes in a Tokyo Park
Jun 01 2014: JAPANESE STREETS takes a look at the romantic fairytale like world of Etsuna Otsuka
Tei: Wonderful clothing
Kjeld Duits: @Lisa B.: Just checked out the trailer and read the Wikipedia entry. Looks like quite a movie.
Lisa B.: Beautiful! Kind of reminds me of the film “Picnic at Hanging Rock.”
0Reiko models APOLIA - Behind the Scenes of a Fashion Shoot
May 20 2014: Japanese fashion model Reiko Watanabe models the modern elegant kawaii creations of Japanese designer Aya Fujisaki
8honoyo : Inspirational Stylish Fun
Apr 11 2014: Tokyo hat designer Honoyo Imai’s creations are stylish, fun, and very different…
Kjeld Duits: @Baterka: But I can understand your English. ^^
Baterka: Amazing!
I really like how looking his way. (Search for school ,changes etc)
Video was inspiring. :-) You can see that passion of creation.
She is really charming!
(Sorry for my terrible English :-))
Kjeld Duits: @Mathieu S.: Thanks, Mathieu. Yes, Honoyo is a very inspiring person. More artist than designer, I think. That attracts me to her hats even more. She gives you the opportunity to wear art in your daily life. I hope my readers will support her in a big way. Either by sharing this interview, or by purchasing one or more of her works. I really want her to succeed! She deserves it. ^^
4The dark avant-gardist romanticism of alice auaa
Jan 15 2014: JAPANESE STREETS interviews designer Yasutaka Funakoshi of alice auaa, one of Japan’s coolest underground fashion brands
Kjeld Duits: @Julia: She is one of Funakashi’s most important assistants. I actually don’t know if she has twitter…
Julia: who’s the girl with the big black hair? she wouldn’t happen to have twitter or something similar? super cool anyway.
Kjeld Duits: @Karol: Glad you like Funakoshi’s style, Karol!
8Dorothy Vacance
Jan 11 2012: Ayano “Gon” Nakayama of Dorothy Vacance transforms old men’s dress shirts into high fashion
Kim: I fell in love with her “tie collared shirt”
Kjeld Duits: ＠Lactose Intoler-Art: Yes, I think you have hit the nail right on the head there: very tasteful, avant-garde, and unique but also totally her and independent from any major trends influencing the Tokyo fashion scene. I love Gon’s work. She has managed to bridge the gap between other visual art and fashion, but in such a way that the results are actually wearable.
Lactose Intoler-Art: Amazing, amazing! I love her work, and the video was so great, I watched the whole thing. What I love about Gon’s style in particular is it is very tasteful, avant-garde, and unique, but I feel like it is also totally her. She doesn’t seem to defined even by Tokyo trends, but stays true to herself, and it works very, very well for her!
0Japanese Designer in Canada Drops Feminine Touch
May 31 2011: Toronto based Japanese designer Hiroshi Awai muses on the differences in fashion between Canada and Japan
12The Fairy Tale Style of Dolly Kei
Mar 04 2011: Grimoire is one of the originators of Dolly Kei fashion, a style that matches the stories of the Grimm Brothers.
Ana: Yeah…I’m not seeing much of a difference btw.mori girl and dolly kei. Anyone care to explain? Is mori less folk-costume inspired?
Jini: Interesting style, it’s vintage combined with unusual items, smart fashion :)
Watching this vid made me homesick to Japan :( when the guy talks it sounds like a tourist programme, I could watch those all day… sigh…
Arc: @Kjeld TPO true true, true true.
2New Yohji Yamamoto Biography
Jul 02 2010: Belgian publisher Ludion is publishing a biography of Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto.
Kjeld Duits: @Lactose Intoler-Art: I understand that the book will be sold worldwide. Surprisingly, it is not listed on Amazon yet, though…
Lactose Intoler-Art: すごい！ I’m gonna have to at LEAST look at this book. Will major book stores carry it in the USA?
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 5 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
