Jul 11 2008: If you are based in or around Tokyo you should check out the “Tokyo. Ten” exhibition at Meguro’s recently renewed and super trendy boutique hotel – Claska. The show, which runs to July 27th, is the brainchild of W + K Tokyo Lab – a curious hybrid label specializing in music and visuals.
Jul 07 2008: 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
Jun 27 2008: 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…
Jun 02 2008: 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.
Apr 19 2008: 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
Apr 15 2008: 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…
Apr 14 2008: Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto and the Edo-Tokyo Museum collaborate to show the impact of traditional culture using the designer’s bold designs as a starting point.
Apr 13 2008: 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
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