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		<title>Mastermind moves on, American Apparel is at home in Japan and Primitive London takes a trip to Tokyo</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samuel Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's a bittersweet finale for the famed Japanese fashion brand Mastermind, as it officially ends its 15-year run with the release of its 2013 spring/summer — and final — collection.]]></description>
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		<title>Here comes Fred</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samuel Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year will see the arrival of a formidable new force in the Japanese fashion market. Perhaps best known for being a go-to for Hollywood stars, Fred Segal is a trend-setting California clothing and lifestyle goods retailer, which in its 50-year history had never planned to expand beyond Los Angeles. That is until it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion&#8217;s Night Out hits Japan&#8217;s second-largest city, with another all-star cast of names</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The popular Fashion&#8217;s Night Out festival — helmed by Vogue magazine and held in the top fashion cities of the world every September — is about to be replicated in Osaka, Japan&#8217;s second-largest city. Taking place on Dec. 15 inside the city&#8217;s sprawling Umeda Hankyu department store, the festivities will start at 2 p.m. with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Designer Cynthia Rowley hits the double digits</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York-based designer Cynthia Rowley celebrated her brand&#8217;s 10th year in Japan with a special talk show and cocktail dinner for VIP guests during Tokyo Fashion Week. The Barrington, Illinois, native&#8217;s name has long been on the lips of American sportswear fans with her bright and feminine takes on casual-to-cocktail-style clothing. In Japan, the &#8220;Rowley [...]]]></description>
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		<title>touchMe event puts fashion within reach of all</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just one week after Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo had drawn to a close, the capital&#8217;s fashionistas were drawn back to the runway for a slew of shows that have been gaining in popularity. The touchMe presentations, now in their third year and seventh iteration, run parallel to both of the city&#8217;s two seasonal fashion weeks. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Menswear looks hot to trot</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Men were quick to put their best feet forward at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo, with a heavy concentration of light and minimalist sportswear that proved popular on the catwalks. The menswear element of this Oct. 13-20 event may have opened with the Facetasm show on Oct. 14, where Hiromichi Ochiai&#8217;s blend of cultures and hyper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Context the key at alt fashion fest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samuel Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watching the Fashion Week Tokyo models pounding polished catwalks in the glitzy Hikarie building in shopping-central Shibuya, you could be forgiven for thinking you were in Paris. However, since Mercedes-Benz&#8217;s debut as a major sponsor this time last year, now three seasons ago, designers uncomfortable with the rising costs associated with the new FWT venue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parco puts the spotlight on Shibuya&#8217;s evolving youth culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Department store Parco is aiming to fill the vacuum created by the rapidly declining gyaru (gal) culture that used to define the Shibuya area of Tokyo. By taking aspects of the otaku (geek) culture of Akihabara and re-imagining them through art and fashion in the context of a popular shopping district, it is presenting a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Louis Vuitton still going dotty</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fans of French luxury brand Louis Vuitton are still seeing spots before their eyes. The brand&#8217;s latest collection with Yayoi Kusama comes after a string of highly successful artist collaborations that began in 2002 with Takashi Murakami. It really was only a matter of time before Kusama&#8217;s idiosyncratic polka dots made their way onto the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parisienne cool reaches Tokyo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isabel Marant, the queen of French haute-casual wear, has finally opened her first shop in Japan, right off of Tokyo&#8217;s Omotesando promenade. When it comes to French style, chic and sleek uniforms of black usually come to mind. Parisian designer Marant&#8217;s collections, however, are far funkier — a hip hodgepodge of color and form. Since [...]]]></description>
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