1DRESSCAMP Spring/Summer 2006 - Hottest Ticket in Town
Nov 01 2005: Rip up the rule books and move aside for the new enfant terrible of Japanese Fashion. Toshikazu Iwaya and his DRESSCAMP label exploded onto this year’s Tokyo Collection
Kjeld Duits: Paul tells it well. This was great fun. I should have the photographs up soon!
0Gardé Collective
Nov 01 2005: Kikuko Maki’s Gardé Collective collection was the fashion equivalent of watching the seasons change. A full spectrum of colors and moods matched the temperament of the creations displayed.
0Mode Acoté collection
Oct 31 2005: At the end of the first day of Japan Fashion Week, Minoru Adachi’s Mode Acoté label served up a party atmosphere with party designs. This collection entitled “Innocent” showed two sides of the versatile designer.
0Sunao Kuwahara Spring/Summer 2006 - Dangerous Liaisons
Oct 31 2005: Sunao Kuwahara created an extraordinary collection which appeared inspired by a Gallic mix of Dangerous Liaisons, French royal courts and modern textiles
0A.D.'s Summer of Love
Oct 31 2005: Hideo Nishimura’s A.D. label (previously ANNODOMINI) showed its summer collection in a small confined space in Tokyo’s Harajuku
0Objetstandard Turn up the Heat
Oct 31 2005: Cult movie “Secretary” starring Maggie Gyllenhaal obviously inspired today’s Objetstandard show for Japan Fashion Week. Takeshi Mori, brainchild behind this label, displayed a strict, sophisticated modern look for today’s urban women.
0mintdesigns Kicks Off Japan Fashion Week
Oct 30 2005: mintdesigns opened Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo with a slightly Victorian-inspired summer collection
50Japan Fashion Week
May 31 2005: Japan will start a Fashion Week to better compete with well-established fashion cities like New York, Paris and Milan.
Kjeld Duits: @Wolldecke: In Japan the Fashion Week is still growing in popularity. But in 2005 it started from quite a low level of awareness.
Wolldecke: I am a designer from Germany. We have been at the Berlin Fashion Week. It was nice but there were not a lot of visitors this year. How were the shows in Japan this year?
Luben Romanov: Hello,
My business partner is Deborah Lindquist, pioneer in Eco fashion in the US. Deborah is well known for her high end cashmere apparel and her clothing lines are worn by variaty of A list celebrities. We are very interested in working with Japanese distributors. Any good ideas?
Thank you,
Luben Romanov
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
