Mar 26 2009: JOTARO SAITO is the only designer that dares to present kimono at the Japan Fashion Week, which makes his shows always something truly special.
Mar 25 2009: The Shinmai Creator’s Project was set up to promote Japan’s strength in textiles and give promising new designers a stage to show their mettle. Shinmai actually means new or fresh rice. The aspiring designers are, as it were, the grains that the organizers aim to provide fertile soil for.
Mar 25 2009: araisara showed simple straight lines in stark black and white creations.
Mar 25 2009: CHINAMI KAMISHIMA presented a very accessible line-up of mostly subdued colors.
Mar 24 2009: The 2009 Autum/Winter collections of the Japan Fashion Week started in Tokyo yesterday. As usual, JAPANESE STREETS is there to bring the shows to you. We actually have two photographers covering the shows this season.
Sep 28 2008: Last Tuesday Sep 23, KERA and Marui One organized the fourth Individual Fashion Expo, a unique one-of-a-kind event with fashion shows of lolita, EGL, punk, visual kei and related genres. JAPANESE STREETS was there to photograph the action.
Sep 04 2008: The Japan Fashion Week is in full swing in Tokyo this week, and JAPANESE STREETS is there to capture quite a few of the shows for Spring/Summer 2009.
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