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Misha Janette
Misha Janette graduated from the prestigious Bunka Fashion College and writes the trilingual blog Tokyo Fashion Diaries on the avant-garde style scene. She is also a stylist, TV host and designer for street-wear wig brand Plumb.
For Misha Janette's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
LIFE / JAPAN FASHION WEEK
Apr 12, 2009
Shows of intrigue
It was bright vs. dark at this season's 2009/10 Japan Fashion Week and Tokyo Collections, with dizzying color and details contrasting with a plethora of shows that chose to go simple and monochromatic.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Apr 9, 2009
Kalivas goes 'Goemon,' Marjoli shines bright and Sistere makes Kyoto urban
Fantasy after fashion Tina Kalivas will get to see her creations on the big screen this May, as the Australian fashion designer produced the costumes for the new Japanese film "Goemon." The movie is based on the legend of a Robin Hood-like hero and was directed by Kazuaki Kiriya, who was responsible for 2004's popular "Casshern." It would be any designer's dream to work on such a project — a high-budget film that required highly theatrical costumes.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA / STYLE WISE
Feb 12, 2009
Fashion inspired by imaginary destinations, the 1950s and naughty Polaroids
Your visa to Fugahum "Fugahum is our imaginary country. Yes, it's also our brand, but I always wanted to create a nation and write its history," says Akiyoshi Mishima, the philosophical half of the fashion unit Fugahum that the designer has formed with partner Asuka Yamamoto. "Isn't that what a fashion brand does anyway: Create its own world?"
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA / STYLE WISE
Jan 15, 2009
Goocy and Gozi but no more Green
Genki at Goocy Goocy (pronounced "goosey") is the local answer to the Western "fast-fashion" invasion that has recently swept Japan. It's a pet project by brand director Harumi Fukuda and designer Mary Fukumoto of high-end label Triptych.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLEWISE,ON: FASHION
Dec 9, 2008
Ann Demeulemeester retrospective, FouR T-shirts, Lithium Homme and LaForet Xmas 2008
Fashion blast from the past
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLEWISE,ON: FASHION
Nov 11, 2008
Fashion for the masses
Swedish "fast-fashion" chain H & M made a big splash when it opened in Ginza in September and the line just to get into the store continues to be 30-minutes long. The company has added to its brood with a new youth-oriented store in Harajuku, kicking it off with a collaboration with Japanese label Comme des Garcons.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 21, 2008
Barrett, Simons and Clemens in Tokyo
Fast flagships On Sept. 17, the new flagship store for designer Neil Barrett opened in Tokyo with the assistance of a heavyweight collaborator — none other than hot U.K. architect Zaha Hadid came on board for her first retail-venue project. Barrett, a 20-year design veteran of tailored cuts (pictured right with fashion model Shiho), made a rare appearance in Tokyo to greet revelers to his new space.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 14, 2008
Tokyo's catwalks at last purr with pizazz
"Is Tokyo really the world's fifth fashion capital after Paris, New York, Milan and London?"
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 14, 2008
Tokyo's fashion menu gets more appetizing
The Michelin Guide top-starred Tokyo as the world's gastronomic capital this year, but the city's sartorial scene may now be just as appetizing as it gradually garners more and more global attention with its fashion menu extending from streetwear avant-garde to "quirky-cute" confections and a veritable smorgasbord of couture-like detailing. Altogether, indeed, the Spring/Summer season's Japan Fashion Week that's just ended served up a feast of 37 shows over five days — and to savor the best of Tokyo's fashion fare on offer, simply read on . . .
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 9, 2008
Hilfiger denim, baseball glove bags and more
Tommy's Red, White and Blue The Tommy Hilfiger brand isn't exactly a stranger to Japan. It has stores up and down the country that run the whole gamut of Hilfiger collections. Famed for preppy nautical clothing, the brand encapsulates, alongside Ralph Lauren, the classic patrician look.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 12, 2008
Jimmy Choo, Mickey Mouse, Fred Perry and more
Fashion mouse Disney has inspired a lot of people, from little girls to Superbowl champions. Even designer Vivienne Tam has now taken inspiration from her childhood and decided to pay tribute to the famous mouse with a capsule collection of playful dresses for this fall/winter season.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 15, 2008
Vivienne Westwood, Ebi-chan in Maquillage and more
The latest Vivienne Westwood exhibition rolls into Tokyo this week. After the acclaimed "Vivienne Westwood: 35 Years in Fashion" held at the Mori Arts Center in 2005, this show includes one of the largest fashion books ever published, and is sure to be an instant hit with Westwood's huge Japanese fan base.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 10, 2008
Chrome Hearts, Giraffe and Eley Kishimoto
Charmed, I'm sure Silver-accessories brand Chrome Hearts launched its Aoyama shop nine years ago, but has recently reopened its doors after a renewal that's given it a fresh charm — one that's much more than just something dangly for your bracelet.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
May 13, 2008
Yohji Yamamoto, Tsumori Chisato and Soichiro Ito's latest moves
Summer under the sea A deep-sea dive in a coral reef may not be in the cards for your vacation this year, but you can always bring the ocean to you with clothing from Tsumori Chisato.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Apr 8, 2008
Tokujin meets Swarovksi and other Japan style news
Planting the crystal flag
Japan Times
LIFE
Mar 23, 2008
A stunner!
Tensions were higher than usual at GVGV's show last Saturday night that closed this Tokyo Fashion Week, as the nine-year veteran brand presented a stunning collection on a specially made shiny vinyl runway.
Japan Times
LIFE
Mar 23, 2008
What the world has to say . . .
"In Japan's short history of contact with Western fashion, we have lacked a 'bourgeois vs. high society' tension to portray in this showmanship world of fashion. Instead, most of the grandeur has come from the street." — Naoko Hasegawa, VP of Chang Co., Ltd. Apparel Company
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLEWISE,ON: FASHION
Mar 11, 2008
Stella McCartney, Anna Antoniades and more
Anna Antoniades in Nakameguro
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA / STYLE WISE
Feb 26, 2008
Harajuku's "Style Deficit Disorder," model Irina Lazareanu gets wicked and more
Cure for disorder The popular fashion hub Harajuku is the subject of a fascinating new book by Tokyo-based editor and creative consultant Tiffany Godoy. Rich in detail and accompanied by some remarkable images, her book, "Style Deficit Disorder" (Chronicle Books), documents the history of the area from World War II until the present day, tracking its continuing fluctuations.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA / STYLE WISE
Jan 8, 2008
Raf Simons, Bulgari, Marc Newson and more
Candy-colored covers
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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