Men Go For Skirts
Japanese men are finally breaking through one of the few remaining fashion taboos: men wearing skirts and dresses.
Harajuku Trends
Emi and I shot a lot of new photos of street fashion in Tokyo’s Harajuku.
Street Goes Official
While shooting in Tokyo’s trendy Harajuku, I noticed there is a whole new trend in headgear. Uniform hats and caps—and anything else that even looks slightly official—are red hot.
Going to the Max
As I wrote several weeks ago, maxi dresses were big this Summer. I created a special section with just a few of the maxi dresses I ran into the past few months.
Harajuku & Osaka Trends
As most of you have already noticed, we uploaded over 170 photos of street fashion in Tokyo’s Harajuku and Osaka’s Nakazaki-cho in September.
Roving Select Shop
Supporting independent trends and straying from mainstream department store aesthetic, a new form of select shop is popping up in Tokyo.
Paper Art: Too Cool for School
Gone are the days of simply folding small paper cranes on old school desks. Designers and artists are re-engineering the Japanese art of origami and bringing paper to life with urban graphics, 3D shapes and street designs.
Back to School Backpack
You know those square backpacks that Japanese elementary school students lug around? Cool! In Harajuku, you occasionally see somebody who has dug one from the depths of a closet and uses it as a supercool street fashion accessory.
Backpack Frenzy
Japanese love their backpacks, there is a huge selection of backpacks in this country. I found a few on eBay store 2 Sweet Shop that are just as playful and fun as the ones that I photograph on the streets of Harajuku and Amerika Mura.
The Great Kimono Revival
Kimono-clad Geisha clip-clopping through back streets. The classic image of Japan. In Tokyo, however, often the only kimonos you see are in funky used clothing stores. Now, designers reclaim these to create a new look: Kimono Chic.
Shots from Osaka
It is still hot Summer weather in Osaka, which is at about the same latitude as North Africa. It is visible on the streets in this city. Although Japanese are well-known for dressing a bit ahead of the next season, fashion here still worships the Summer.
Cat Calls
As young Japanese are discovering that traditional Japanese items can be pretty cool, classic goodies seem to be popping up in trendy stores everywhere. The beckoning cat, an old main-stay, is especially calling hard!
Timeless Cool
Folding fans, or sensu, were invented in Japan some 1300 years ago. Air conditioners have been unable to defeat them. On the contrary, modern Japanese artists and designers gratefully embrace these elegant suppliers of cool.
Eco Chopsticks Get Fancy
Japan consumes 25 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks a year. Slowly these bland tree eaters are being replaced. Sleek, eco friendly and uniquely styled personal chopsticks are winning over hearts and restaurant tables.
T-shirts Take Over Tokyo
TokyoMade has rummaged through Tokyo’s stylish wardrobe this week to pull out some of the funkiest t-shirts. A snapshot of high temperature fashion in the city.
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