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Paul Mcinnes
For Paul Mcinnes's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 7, 2016
Ryan McGinley: youth laid bare
In 1980s America the art scene fawned over the infamous "Brat Pack" group of writers that included Bret Easton Ellis, Jay McInerney, Donna Tartt and Tama Janowitz. They portrayed American (privileged) youth in that decade like it was — with all their nitty gritty drug taking, vodka swilling and New York club excess. In the mid to late '90s a new crew emerged: not writers per se, but photographers and artists, such as the late Dash Snow and photographer Ryan McGinley. Handed the mantle by filmmakers such as Larry Clark and Gus Van Sant, they set about documenting — and kill me for saying this — "the cultural zeitgeist" of that time.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / OBITUARY
Mar 21, 2014
Obituary: Facing illness and dismissal, teacher Grainger saw a chance to educate other expats
Neil Grainger "was a great cook, a big drinker, an even bigger queen, a film and football lover, a naughty smoker, a good teacher, hard worker and caring friend."
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 18, 2012
Charles and Ray Eames: A deep-seated legacy
A touring exhibition and a recently released full-length documentary are shedding new light on the polymathic world of the U.S. couple Charles and Ray Eames, two of the most prolific and influential creatives of the 20th century.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Apr 8, 2012
New York fashion gurus applaud 'second-tier' Tokyo
As part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo, Dr. Joyce F. Brown, president of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City, and Dr. Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT — and curator of the groundbreaking "Japan Fashion Now" exhibition there in 2010/11 — visited the capital to head a seminar titled Human Power Development and Japan Fashion in the Age of Globalization.
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
CULTURE / Art
Jun 28, 2011
"Hello, It's We: New Paintings by Rob Judges and Mike Ness"
Moscow, Nakameguro Closes Aug. 25
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.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Apr 14, 2011
Bouncing back and reaching higher
A blast of fashion literature
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Jan 13, 2011
Ground control, we have a fashionable lift-off
Jean-Paul Gaultier's space
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
Oct 31, 2010
Another side of menswear
The combined weight of economic woes and the eventual uptake of technology as a means of interacting with customers and selling products have led to seismic shifts in the fashion world.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 15, 2010
A modern twist for Japan's National Ballet
It doesn't seem quite right to mention hirsute, mustachioed actor Tom Selleck and baseball legend Bobby Valentine in the same breath as David Bintley, the new artistic director of The National Ballet of Japan. However, if you're unlucky enough to have seen Selleck's 1992 film "Mr. Baseball" or know of Valentine's experiences when he was manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines, you'll understand that it can be difficult to come to Japan as an outsider and implement some degree of change, be it in baseball or ballet.
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
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 1, 2010
The Australian Ballet, en pointe in Japan
After the death of the founder of Ballet Russes (Russian Ballet), Sergei Diaghilev, in 1929, the original company — which during its short history included esteemed dancers such as Vaslav Nijinsky and Anna Pavlova and collaborators like Pablo Picasso and Igor Stravinsky — dispersed to establish other ballet companies across the world.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Sep 9, 2010
Fashion that blooms, rocks, roars and parties
Blooming T-shirts!
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 18, 2010
Tokyo ballet is blooming
In its short history, the New National Theatre Ballet (NNT Ballet) has performed a total of 42 productions under the auspices of eight choreographers. It's a prolific output for a relatively young company and the company is understandably proud of this achievement.
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
CULTURE / Art
May 14, 2010
Mickey springs his mouse trap
Visiting the SHIMURABROS. studio in Yokohama's trendy BankART Studio NYK, one of the venues used for the 2008 Yokohama Triennale, you might think you had made a blunder and walked into a medical facility. Computer screens showing CT scans line the walls with the only one thing giving the game away — a single TV playing a Mickey Mouse cartoon — although Mickey has been erased out of the picture.
Japan Times
LIFE
Apr 11, 2010
Fast fashion is on a roll
The meteoric rise of fast fashion in Japan and around the world has been the major style story of this new century.
Japan Times
LIFE
Apr 11, 2010
It's all change in men's designs
After seasons of stagnation, Japanese menswear is in the midst of an interesting transitional phase.

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world