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		<title>Construction work at the desk</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean Snow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get ready for 2014 with new diaries, fun desk accesories and other interior goods]]></description>
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		<title>A lesson in line, last of the summer design needs, and Issey Miyake&#8217;s bright ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean Snow</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shinn Asano]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Toshihiro Aya]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["Line" is one of the most important elements of design. It defines, separates, decorates and gives life to a structure — and Shinn Asano's Sen furniture series couldn't utilize it any better.]]></description>
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		<title>Color-changing fashion, Hedi Slimane&#8217;s first Saint Laurent collection, 99%IS&#8217; unusual &#8220;macs&#8221; and newcomers to Harajuku</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Misha Janette  and Samuel Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Julien David]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["A Color Un Color," the second show in a "Philosophical Fashion" series of exhibitions at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, is featuring one of the most exciting brands to come out of Japan in the past decade: Anrealage.]]></description>
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		<title>Architecture and art of a Setouchi summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mio Yamada</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1988, Soichiro Fukutake, then president and representative director of Fukutake Publishing (now Benesse Corporation), approached architect Tadao Ando and told him that he wanted to create a "utopia" in Japan. ]]></description>
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		<title>Film, music and Moomins: events at Setouchi Triennale 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alisa Yamasaki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though Setouchi is often referred to as an "art festival," there are plenty of other events taking place across the islands, including lectures, theater performances and concerts.]]></description>
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		<title>Recommendations for Setouchi Triennale island hoppers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alisa Yamasaki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year more than 150 new artworks are being introduced at the Setouchi Triennale, making a total of around 200 pieces in the islands' collection. ]]></description>
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		<title>Kenzo Tange centennial celebrations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julian Worrall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ryue Nishisawa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kenzo Tange, one of the most significant Japanese architect of the 20th century, was born 100 years ago this year. Tange spent much of his childhood in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, on the Seto Inland Sea, and all of the most significant of his early works dating from the 1950s, from the Hiroshima Peace Center to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This month&#8217;s genuine pearls of fashion wisdom</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/07/08/style/pearls-of-fashion-win-a-guinness-world-record/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=pearls-of-fashion-win-a-guinness-world-record</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2013 14:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Misha Janette  and Samuel Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Pearls of fashion win a Guinness World Record Bridalwear designer Yumi Katsura is known for her fantastical couture creations, and now she&#8217;s got some extra cachet thanks to a Guinness World Record that comes with quite some luster. Last year, Katsura created a gown embellished with 13,262 pearls, now recognized as the largest number ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s talk 100 percent kawaii!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samuel Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long before the mayor of Shibuya announced pop star Kyary Pamyu Pamyu as an official ambassador of kawaii culture, Sebastian Masuda, her art director, had been on a mission to spread &#8220;kawaii culture&#8221; across the world, advocating it as not only a potent source of Japan&#8217;s emerging soft power, but also as a cultural revolution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wood, paper, leather and a brolly that branches out into a leafy bough</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/07/02/style/wood-paper-leather-and-a-brolly-that-branches-out-into-a-parasol/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=wood-paper-leather-and-a-brolly-that-branches-out-into-a-parasol</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean Snow</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Masanori Oji]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hang on to a brolly this summer Rainy season should be over, and it&#8217;ll soon be time to face the hot, sticky Japanese summer. But it&#8217;s still handy to have an umbrella at hand for those last few sudden downpours. Fumito Kogure and Shinya Kaneko have designed the Komorebigasa to be quite a summery accessory. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The neglected stars of Norwegian design</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko Otake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you think of as a typical example of Scandinavian design? The massively copied 1950s bentwood chair series &#8220;Seven Chairs&#8221; by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen? The vividly colored Unikko poppy patterns by the Finnish textile company Marimekko? Or the ready-to-assemble furniture available at the originally Swedish (now Dutch) Ikea? Whatever your pick is, one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8216;Sunny&#8217; side of Taiyo Matsumoto</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Ishii</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Toronto Comics Arts Festival, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, has of late made its name bringing over cutting-edge Japanese artists for signings, live drawing sessions and speaking events. The atmosphere at this year&#8217;s event, held in May, in many ways like an independent film festival, which is to say refreshingly mature — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For David Bowie, Japanese style was more than just fashion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helene M. Thian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has scored a victory with its exhibition &#8220;David Bowie is&#8230;&#8221; for elucidating what many have probably always suspected: David Bowie is a bit of a Japanophile. From the kabuki-inspired costumes for Bowie&#8217;s early 1970s alien stage character, the famed Ziggy Stardust, to a page of notes mentioning a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prabal Gurung takes to the sky, Swedish style lands in Osaka and NukeMe creates turbulent fabrics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Misha Janette  and Samuel Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prabal Gurung is being tapped to design new uniforms for All Nippon Airways group&#8217;s 60th anniversary last year. ANA surely chose New York based-Gurung in a bid to show its global aspirations, and it helps that he is one of the hottest commodities on the market, as a young up-and-comer with some major notches on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From paperclip holders and cityscape planters to corner lights and sustainable cameras</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean Snow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manabu Mizuno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metaphys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naoki Ono]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryosuke Harashima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Superheadz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yoy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yukki Yamamoto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Even though we are moving — forcibly — toward the paperless office, the reality is that we still at some point find ourselves with piles of physical documents to deal with, which usually means a desktop covered in paper clips. Clipnest not only helps you keep that mess in order, but it also turns it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loewe goes punk with Junya Watanabe collaboration</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/29/style/loewe-goes-punk-with-junya-watanabe-collaboration/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=loewe-goes-punk-with-junya-watanabe-collaboration</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 15:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comme des Garçon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Junya Watanabe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loewe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[She is a textbook-perfect bad girl &#8212; from her raw-edged purple mullet, scarlet lips and snarling scowl to the black leather jacket, ripped leggings and studded boots. But the model stomping across the runway carries something in her hand that gives the game away. It may display an edgy patchwork motif, but its form and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retro makes a comeback, while subcultures seep into high fashion</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/14/style/retro-makes-a-comeback-while-subcultures-seep-into-high-fashion/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=retro-makes-a-comeback-while-subcultures-seep-into-high-fashion</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Misha Janette  and Samuel Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2pmworks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design Festa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand Front]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Issey Miyake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phillip Lim]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Phillip Lim&#8217;s new collection speeds ahead When New York-based designer Phillip Lim showed up in Tokyo last week, it brought out major fashion players but raised eyebrows at the same time. What was the special occasion? &#8220;Well, we are celebrating the fifth anniversary of our store here,&#8221; Lim said. &#8220;But on top of that, I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kyary Pamyu Pamyu on a mission to spread Japan&#8217;s kawaii culture</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/04/30/style/kyary-pamyu-pamyu-on-a-mission-to-spread-kawaii-culture/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=kyary-pamyu-pamyu-on-a-mission-to-spread-kawaii-culture</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samuel Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asobi System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kawaii]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kawaii!!Matsuri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyary Pamyu Pamyu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["Cool" may have been the official buzzword, but if the chants of the 20,000 strong audience at a recent festival are to be believed, that word has been ousted by a new one: "kawaii." ]]></description>
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		<title>Hall of fame: Toyo Ito, Sou Fujimoto, Setouchi, OMA</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/04/30/style/hall-of-fame-sou-fujimoto-toyo-ito-setouchi-oma/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hall-of-fame-sou-fujimoto-toyo-ito-setouchi-oma</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julian Worrall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[oma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Setouchi Triennale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sou Fujimoto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toyo Ito]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With Toyo Ito winning this year’s Pritzker Prize last month — “architecture’s Nobel” — Japan’s architects continue to bestride the international architectural world as colossi. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dempagumi.inc: Akihabara&#8217; kawaii-guru idols</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/04/30/style/dempagumi-inc-akihabara-kawaii-guru-idols/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dempagumi-inc-akihabara-kawaii-guru-idols</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samuel Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Akihabara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dempagumi.inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kawaii]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dempagumi.inc have become the faces of a new generation of Akihabara pop music, as well as a force to be reckoned with in the fashion world. ]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion idols of all stripes rock it in Cool Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/04/09/style/fashion-idols-of-all-stripes-rock-it-in-cool-japan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fashion-idols-of-all-stripes-rock-it-in-cool-japan</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Misha Janette  and Samuel Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elly and Oby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion Week Tokyo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry and Tyler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kawaii Matsuri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kimono]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyary Pamyu Pamyu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marc Jacobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Marc Jacobs&#8217; playful sides goes on display at Idol Marc Jacobs is one of the most recognized designers in American fashion today, but before enjoying an illustrious career he caught a break in Tokyo. Part of his creative prowess is on display at an exhibition now showing at the Idol gallery in the capital&#8217;s Aoyama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D&#8217;Orazio: Digital photos kill beauty</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/04/03/style/dorazio-digital-photos-kill-beauty/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dorazio-digital-photos-kill-beauty</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sebastian Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sante D'Orazio]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sante D&#8217;Orazio, a photographer at the heart of the supermodel era, believes the switch to digital cameras means greater detail than ever before, but the loss of something more important: beauty. &#8220;The sense of emotion is gone. It creates a detachment from the subject. The character of the personality is gone,&#8221; D&#8217;Orazio said of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wooden simplicity and pop-color spring fun</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean Snow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chii]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daisuke Motogi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Idea International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ideaco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jin Kuramoto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mikiya Kobayashi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paying tribute to traditional Japanese crafts with a touch of pop sensibility, Jin Kuramoto has produced a really attractive Japanese tea set. ]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion Week Tokyo: The menswear question — to be showy or simplify?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/31/style/the-menswear-question-to-be-showy-or-simplify/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-menswear-question-to-be-showy-or-simplify</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samuel Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discovered]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dresscamp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion Week Tokyo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Scott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberum Arbitrium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mikio Sakabe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phenomenon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The February bankruptcy of Takeshi Osumi&#8217;s seminal brand Phenomenon, and its departure from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo (FWT) before this season&#8217;s March 17-23 shows, left a chasm apparent to all. And indeed, it&#8217;s a mystery who may be able to fill the rather large shoes of the man who added such spice to the runway [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion Week Tokyo: Crazy good times make the womenswear cut</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/31/style/crazy-good-times-make-the-womenswear-cut/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=crazy-good-times-make-the-womenswear-cut</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Misha Janette</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alice Auaa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anrealage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion Week Tokyo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fleamadonna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G.V.G.V.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haute Couture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kun ihiko Morinaga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mintdesigns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tambourine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If there is one brand that the world needs to stop, drop and roll its collective mouse over online to check out every season, it's Anrealage. ]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands flock to the Fashion Week Tokyo party</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/31/style/thousands-flock-to-the-fashion-week-tokyo-party/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=thousands-flock-to-the-fashion-week-tokyo-party</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Misha Janette</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fashion Week Tokyo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is four seasons since Mercedes Benz became Fashion Week Tokyo’s main sponsor,  and in that time it has given the industry segment that relies on these twice-yearly events a real confidence boost.]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion that makes art more accessible</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/26/style/fashion-that-makes-art-more-accessible/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fashion-that-makes-art-more-accessible</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[eachxother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is a sartorial surprise of the most poetic variety. Robert Montgomery — artist, writer, fashion collaborator — turns around, slips off his coat and flips up the collar of his crisp white shirt.]]></description>
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		<title>Yi Zhou: From the screen to the canvas of garments</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shanghai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yi Zhou]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hollowness&#8221; is not a word that often springs to mind in the context of a luxury fashion item. For the Shanghai-based multimedia artist Yi Zhou, however, this was the starting point for her Each x Other fashion collection. Inspired by a 3-D animation she created highlighting the rise of the virtual over the tangible, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plenty to enjoy as fashion week approaches</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/12/style/plenty-to-enjoy-as-fashion-week-approaches/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=plenty-to-enjoy-as-fashion-week-approaches</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Misha Janette  and Samuel Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diesel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EDUN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harajuku Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Owens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Fashion Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yumi Katsura]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Italian denim magnate Diesel and EDUN, the niche eco-friendly brand developed by musician Bono and his wife, have something in common — a love of Africa and its artistic scene. It makes sense then that last year they announced DIESEL+EDUN, a denim collection, &#8220;Born in Africa and worn by a new generation of creative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kate Spade Saturday chooses Tokyo for its first flagship</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/05/style/kate-spade-saturday-chooses-tokyo-for-its-first-flagship/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=kate-spade-saturday-chooses-tokyo-for-its-first-flagship</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Spade Saturday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New York label Kate Spade, long famous for its trademark high-end handbags and accessories, launches a new lifestyle brand in its biggest non-U.S. market.]]></description>
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