Reworking fashion

Make it work: Utility wear brand Workman presented a show with the theme of 'tough and kawaii' at Tokyo Girls Collection held on Feb. 28. | WORKMAN
Make it work: Utility wear brand Workman presented a show with the theme of 'tough and kawaii' at Tokyo Girls Collection held on Feb. 28. | WORKMAN

It’s hard to talk about success stories at the moment, especially when in the past couple of weeks Mitsukoshi Ebisu closed up shop, large-scale boutique chain Beams trimmed numerous Tokyo locations from its retail portfolio, and Parco announced that two of its larger stores at Tsudanuma, Chiba Prefecture, and Shintokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, would be phased out over the coming years.