Well-preened Japanese apparel brand Agosto threw a big bash last month to celebrate 15 years of success in the industry. The label has garnered a slew of followers through online distributors and boutiques from Fukuoka to Niigata stocking a range of clothes from the ...

Denim diva Tucked down a side street on the second floor of a nondescript building a few meters off bustling Omotesando-dori is Arcuate, a precious new concept store from Levi’s Japan. Arcuate makes up for its discrete location with big personality — the entry ...

You get the look The success of Shoichi Aoki’s magazine Fruits has inspired a plethora of publications about Japanese fashion and style culture. But, Philomena Keet, author of the new “Tokyo Look Book,” explained to the JT that she “wanted to get away from ...

Harajuku’s new Marc Marc by Marc Jacobs now has a place to call home in Tokyo with the opening of a flagship store in the heart of Harajuku. To celebrate the arrival on July 28 of the new venue for the international brand, a ...

Brand-name wear Tokyo clubbers are taking some serious lessons in style from their London counterparts, as nu-rave becomes the biggest — and brightest — trend this summer. Fashionable club nights are taking an anything-goes approach as fluorescent colors, masks and DIY couture become de ...

Sobocki, so good Poland native Przemek Sobocki has carved himself a niche in the fashion world with eye-catching illustrations for magazine features. Balenciaga, Prada and Yohji Yamamoto are among the designers from which Sobocki has drawn inspiration for his dreamy landscapes in which young ...

Stepping into the Lang Helmut Lang sold his remaining stake in the brand that bore his name to majority stakeholder Prada Group in 2004, after leaving his mark as a one of the defining contributors to the minimalist movement of the late 1980s and ...

Fashion for the filthy rich The jewel in the crown of the Tokyo Midtown complex, style-wise, at least, is a 1,000-square-meter store from luxury fashion retailer Restir. Since renovating its Ginza flagship in 2005, Restir has been focusing on so-called megabrands like Marc Jacobs, ...

Cosmic reconceptualization The Paris fashion season has been the principal forum for presenting the works of cultural phenomenon COSMIC WONDER since it debuted at the Centre Pompidou in 2000. This year, however, marks a significant shift in the strategy of the label’s elusive instigator ...

Little monkeys No bones about it — Nigo(R) is on fire. The man behind the A Bathing Ape(R) streetwear phenomenon sits at the helm of a branding machine that encompasses stores in New York, London, Hong Kong, Taipei and every big city on the ...