Mar 21 2006: Hiroaki Ohya displayed his Autumn/Winter collection at the atmospheric Harajuku Quest Hall today
Mar 21 2006: In a decidedly mixed affair, Keita Maruyama presented his Keita Maruyama Tokyo Paris and Keita Maruyama Homme lines.
Mar 20 2006: Lily Barreth showed her Lilith Autumn/Winter 2006 collection on a beautiful morning here in Tokyo. A French woman based in Japan, Barreth displayed an assured line full of cheeky surprises and elegance.
Mar 20 2006: Welcome to Japanese Streets coverage of Japan Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2006. Kjeld and I will be shooting and reporting on the major shows in this year’s revamp of the Tokyo Collections.
Nov 11 2005: Japan Fashion Week 2005 has come to an end and as the tents are dismantled and the designers head back to their ateliers the time has come to reflect on what is hot and what is not for Spring/Summer 2006
Nov 07 2005: With a psychedelic catwalk show this morning Kyoko Higa managed to wake up a rather jaded Japan Fashion Week.
Nov 06 2005: In a radically different atmosphere, Zin Kato released their ZIN KATO/CUP labels. In a decidedly mature collection Toru Kato and Misako Hayashi established that they can deliver a diverse array of clothing from original jumpsuit creations to evening wear.
Nov 05 2005: Today was a huge occasion for some young Japanese designers at Japan Fashion Week. Given the chance to showcase their talents to the public some of the youngsters impressed the enormous crowd in the Tokiwa tent.
The second part of this two part series focuses on the people at Design Festa 8 comments
The first part of this two part series focuses on the art at Design Festa 4 comments
Dorothy Vacance—one of Tokyo’s hidden gems—is offering really cute embroidered patches featuring traditional images of Japan 0 comments
One of Tokyo’s most important fashion and design exhibitions, rooms, took place again this week. JAPANESE STREETS picked a few favorites 3 comments
Last year, Israel’s famous Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art exhibited over 100 of JAPANESE STREETS photographs 6 comments