Style & Design | ON: DESIGN Jan 20, 2020
by Mio Yamada
From horizontal vases to panty-clad glasses, Japan's handmade market can offer some extraordinary gift ideas for Valentine's Day.
Entertainment News Jan 18, 2020
French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier shocked the fashion world Friday by saying his next Paris haute couture show will be his last. The flamboyant creator said he would be bowing out Wednesday with "a big party" to mark his 50 years in the business after his ...
Art Dec 11, 2019
Mina Perhonen: Fashion has a life of its own
by Mio Yamada
Mina Perhonen's emotive approach to fashion highlights artisanship, eco-friendliness and our natural desire to connect and remember the past.
People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? Nov 23, 2019
Akira Isogawa: Australia's darling of fashion
by Jane Kitagawa
"I understand how such rules are necessary and help Japan to function as efficiently as it does. But I'm a rule breaker, and that's permitted here in Australia. It's a real relief." — Akira Isogawa, fashion designer
Business Sep 30, 2019
Forever 21 files for bankruptcy, adding to retail apocalypse
Forever 21 Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection, adding another big fashion merchant to the tally of retailers who couldn't cope with high rents and heavy competition. Court papers filed in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware show Forever 21 has estimated liabilities ...
Asia Pacific / Social Issues Sep 20, 2019
Young Chinese women give tradition a nod by wearing Hanfu costumes
by Huizhong Wu
Li Doudou's gray kitten squeezes in next to her as she sits painstakingly applying makeup and putting up her hair in a bun adorned with elaborate ornaments. Looking like she has just stepped off the set of a Chinese historical drama, the 26-year-old property appraiser ...
Art Sep 10, 2019
Fashion is a game with a dress code to crack
by Matthew Larking
Fashion can be identified as a game: The rules are not clear, but there are conducts to be observed, codes to be broken, winners, losers and, finally, stylistic exhaustion.
Business / Corporate Sep 4, 2019
Billionaire Uniqlo founder Tadashi Yanai wants a woman to succeed him
by Lisa Du and Grace Huang
Tadashi Yanai, Fast Retailing Co.’s 70-year-old billionaire founder, said he would prefer to be succeeded by a woman, adding it would be better for Asia’s largest retailer. "The job is more suitable for a woman," Yanai, the chief executive officer behind clothing giant Uniqlo, said ...
People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? Aug 31, 2019
Nicole Bargwanna: A different style of living
by Kaori Shoji
Founder of Tokyo-based fashion PR company explains how she could move from the bustling metropolis to the U.K. countryside without compromising business.
Commentary / World Aug 11, 2019
What will you be wearing when 2030 rolls around?
by Tyler Cowen
Silicon Valley needs to transform our closets the way it transformed our desktops.
Asia Pacific / Social Issues Aug 9, 2019
China's child model industry booming, but experts warn regulation needed to protect minors
by Xin Liu and Pak Yiu
Manicured children strut down the catwalk at a Beijing fashion show, one of thousands of events driving huge demand for child models in China that insiders warn leaves minors vulnerable to physical abuse, 12-hour-days and unrelenting pressure from pushy parents. The kids' apparel market is ...
Business Jul 29, 2019
Meghan guest edits British Vogue, featuring 'Forces for Change' women
Meghan, wife of Britain's Prince Harry, has chosen to feature 15 women she considers "Forces for change" on the cover of the September issue of British Vogue that she guest edited, Buckingham Palace said on Sunday. The Duchess of Sussex, who gave birth to her ...