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STYLE WISE

Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Dec 13, 2011
Stepping in the right fashion-forward directions
Opening ceremony for Kenzo Kenzo is one of Japan's most long-standing fashion houses, so it is understandable that it has undergone quite a few changes in its 41-year history — especially since Kenzo Takada himself retired in 1999.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Oct 18, 2011
Fashion Week action happening on more than just runways
Tokyo's MBFW festivities It's mid-Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Tokyo (MBFW Tokyo) and there's still an array of snazzy events to carry you through to the end while keeping you fashionable. So roll up your best, pressed sleeves and read on.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Sep 13, 2011
The strength of Tokyo's minimalists, Knit for Japan and rediscovering Beams
MISHA JANETTE and PAUL McINNES 'Irving Penn and Issey Miyake' For 13 years, celebrated fashion photographer Irving Penn took inspiring images of every Issey Miyake collection, without the designer himself ever stepping foot into the studio to guide him.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Aug 9, 2011
The evolution of menswear, Matobu, denim, Harajuku style and TGC
Going from red to blue If "Harajuku style" means gaggles of gothic-lolitas and 1970s-style punks to you, then it's time to catch up.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Jul 12, 2011
Going gaga for Tominaga, mori girls, eco-fashion, Final Home and the Lady herself
Going Gaga for design In the last few weeks, Lady Gaga used her celebrity influence to bring the world's attention back to Japan and its March 11 disaster recovery efforts with her promotion of the MTV Video Music Aid concert.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Jun 14, 2011
A season for accolades, milestones and new frontiers
Florence and Kyoto unite to celebrate Gucci's 90 years Revered luxury brand Gucci is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year with a special traveling exhibition in Japan that highlights its prowess in craftsmanship. Starting at the famed Kinkaku-ji Golden Temple in Kyoto, "Gucci: 90 years" showcases a selection of artisanal goods from the brand's archives, as well as some of the traditional arts of Kyoto.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
May 10, 2011
The girls, the heart, the virility and the ingenuity of fashion
Let's hear it for the girls: Fashion, music and celebrities The Girls Award, a twice-yearly event not unlike the already massively popular Tokyo Girls Collection (TGC), proves that the trend of daylong fashion festivals is picking up speed.
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Dec 9, 2010
A toast to Marc Jacobs, Pierre Cardin, Issey Miyake, Diesel
Jacobs Tokyo flagship: great styling, inside and out The opening of the new Marc Jacobs' Tokyo flagship may have been on hold for several years, but it's finally come through with enough buzz to put a bee to shame.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Nov 11, 2010
New inroads for Louboutin, Rag & Bone, Nike-Undercover, K-Swiss
Louboutin digs his signature heels into flagship Ginza space Christian Louboutin, arguably the most famous shoe designer in the world, was in Tokyo early this month to christen the opening of his very first free-standing boutique in Tokyo and Japan. The space is a three-story building that fits snugly into Ginza's flashy 6-chome district. The bottom two floors are teeming with the designer's signature red-soled women's shoes, with a smattering of handbags and men's shoes as well.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Oct 14, 2010
A feast fit for fashion
Fashion week for the public It's that time again, when fashion makers and breakers take all that creativity they have pent up for the past six months and let it loose in the form of Japan Fashion Week (JFW).
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Sep 9, 2010
Fashion that blooms, rocks, roars and parties
Blooming T-shirts!
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Aug 12, 2010
Hello to Helmut Lang's new tastemaker, jevous enprie!, Lady Gaga's cobbler and hobo style
Naoki Takizawa: A new knight to represent Helmut Lang
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Jul 8, 2010
A party for Tsumori Chisato, big bling, premium denim and good old gents
MISHA JANETTE and PAUL McINNES Staying young at heart
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Jun 10, 2010
Fashion that's global, customized, arty and everything
Rebecca Taylor's new look
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
May 13, 2010
From Ginza glitz to street 'n' surf styles
MISHA JANETTE and PAUL McINNES Pearls of fashion If Holly Golightly had been in Ginza instead of New York on a given morning, she might have been beside herself with jewelry lust in front of Japanese brand Tasaki's new flagship instead of that other T-named place.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Apr 8, 2010
Return of Yohji, AMBUSH bling, LIMI feu bargains and Tokyo Girls
Coming back in style
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Mar 11, 2010
Revamps, re-openings, relocations and the return of Fashion Week
MISHA JANETTE Get ready for Fashion Week
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Feb 11, 2010
Style that's top, sweet, masculine, temporary and trademarked
Topshop stays on top
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Jan 14, 2010
Affordable Issey Miyake, Guild Prime, mook freebies, A&F in Japan and men's briefs
24 Issey Miyake
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Dec 10, 2009
Luxuriating at MoT and Vulcanize, customizing at Nike and economizing at Venus Fort
The luxury of fashion
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
In a first, Japan doctors sue Google over negative reviews on firm's map app
One of the lawyers representing a group of doctors suing Google told a news conference that the main purpose of the lawsuit is not to seek compensation but instead to raise awareness over various problems with the Google Maps system.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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