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JAPAN FASHION WEEK

LIFE / Style & Design / JAPAN FASHION WEEK
Apr 12, 2009
Menswear seeks meaning
The luxury market is taking a beating; world-famous German minimalist fashion designer Jil Sander is working with Uniqlo, H&M are taking over Tokyo high streets and Number (N)ine, a top Japanese menswear label, has gone out of business.
Japan Times
LIFE / JAPAN FASHION WEEK
Apr 12, 2009
Focus on: Yasuko Furuta
For Yasuko Furuta of Japanese womenswear brand Toga, inspiration comes from many different sources but includes an assimilation of complicated elements deconstructing and reconstructing styles to forge a strongly defined but harmonized collection.
Japan Times
LIFE / JAPAN FASHION WEEK
Apr 12, 2009
Designers bid to shrug off woes
The global slump's impact on the fashion world was on everyone's lips during Japan Fashion Week, as it has been around the world since last fall.
Japan Times
LIFE / JAPAN FASHION WEEK
Apr 12, 2009
Focus on: Bryanboy
Meet Bryanboy, a breakout celebrity blogger who is known for a dainty swagger but a fierce penchant for all that is fashion. The Manila-based 27-year-old Filipino (right) has become an international sensation with his blog, which has produced a legion of fans, a Marc Jacobs bag named after him, and an in-the-works documentary for MTV Japan — not to mention the hundreds of thousands of daily hits to his site, Bryanboy.com.
Japan Times
LIFE / JAPAN FASHION WEEK
Apr 12, 2009
Tokyo hots up for autumn / winter '09
The length of a fashion show averages about 10 minutes, a short span during which design prodigies can be born while others fail, dragging small fortunes into fashion oblivion with them.
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.
LIFE / Style & Design / JAPAN FASHION WEEK
Apr 12, 2009
Focus on: Reem Alasadi
London-based designer Reem Alasadi brought her collection to the Yoyogi National Stadium on March 27, where it was apparent how diverse influences shape the Reem look, especially British punk and recycled materials molded into voluminous and voluptuous Victorian-inspired dresses.
Japan Times
LIFE / JAPAN FASHION WEEK
Apr 12, 2009
Focus on: Reem Alasadi
London-based designer Reem Alasadi brought her collection to the Yoyogi National Stadium on March 27, where it was apparent how diverse influences shape the Reem look, especially British punk and recycled materials molded into voluminous and voluptuous Victorian-inspired dresses.

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