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FASHION 3

WORLD / Society
Jan 5, 2015
Safety overhaul piles pressure on Bangladesh garment industry
Undaunted by a run of horrific factory accidents that have hit Bangladesh's garments industry, two entrepreneurs bought Adorn Knitwear Ltd earlier this year.
BUSINESS
Jan 4, 2015
Clothing industry plans new tag to flag premium Japanese goods
The apparel industry plans to attach a special tag to "genuine" Japan-made clothing to differentiate items made with high skill from cheaper products made in China, sources said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Nov 7, 2014
Fashion exhibitions take the limelight this month
H&M's big sister, COS, is here
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 26, 2014
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo, as witnessed on social meda
The styles, the people, the looks of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo ... as witnessed on social media
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 25, 2014
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo: young blood
Ten years have now passed since Tokyo first strutted its stuff on the international catwalk and yet the metropolis still lacks the pulling power of rivals such as Milan, New York and Paris. As if the domestic industry didn't have enough on its plate, the wheels threatened to come off the spring/summer...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 25, 2014
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo: packing a punch
The womenswear showcased during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo marched to its own beat, with eye-opening collections coming from far-flung ends of the fashion spectrum. From stark minimalism to '80s idols, the collections delivered a pinata of fashion treats, and since the seasons change faster than...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 25, 2014
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo: Menswear looks for leadership
Christian Dada designer Masanori Morikawa's departure from Tokyo to show at Paris Fashion Week this season created an opportunity for a new headline act to emerge from the sidelines and seize the reins at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 25, 2014
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo: breaking with tradition
There is an identity crisis at the heart of Japanese fashion. It has two contradictory faces that it would like to reconcile — both domestically and abroad. On one hand, the image of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu acolytes posing on the streets of Harajuku prevails and yet, at the same time, the word "Japanese"...
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 19, 2014
Gehry's Vuitton art museum to set sail in Paris
Billowing sails of glass will join the Eiffel Tower and the Basilica of the Sacred Heart as permanent fixtures of the Paris skyline this month when the new Louis Vuitton contemporary art museum, designed by Frank Gehry, opens to the public.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 16, 2014
Pleasure in the History of Fashion: From the Akira Ishiyama Collection
Akira Ishiyama (1918-2011), a Japanese researcher of Western fashion, dedicated nearly 70 years of his life to fashion history, accumulating a wealth of valuable books and 18th- to 19th-century fashion plates and illustrations portraying the popular styles of their times. This extensive collection of...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Oct 10, 2014
Mercedez-Benz Fashion Week, Tokyo Kimono Week and more
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Sep 19, 2014
This month's tech goods cover accessories to coffee delivery
FES changes the face of time
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 17, 2014
Shigeru Ban, 3/11-born charity to receive Asia Game Changer Awards
Architect Shigeru Ban and a charity created in response to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan are among the first to receive a new award for leadership from the Asia Society, the organization announced on Tuesday.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 22, 2014
New fashion trends look to squeeze out skinny pants
It shouldn't be hard to kill skinny jeans. After all, women love and loathe them in equal measure.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 21, 2014
Ballet's dance with the avant-garde
On May 29, 1913, the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris witnessed what has become a tale of artistic scandal re-told and exaggerated to almost mythic proportions. It is said that just seconds after the stage curtain was raised, the Ballet Russes' performance of Igor Stravinksy's "The Rite of Spring"...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2014
Nishijin continues to offer free kimono shows in Kyoto to attract foreigners
The Nishijin district in Kyoto, famous for traditional weaving, continues to stage free kimono fashion shows in an effort to attract foreign tourists and rejuvenate the industry.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 25, 2014
LVMH profit trails estimates as Japan tax hike hits fashion biz
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, the world's largest luxury-goods company, reported first-half earnings that trailed estimates as the strength of the euro weighed on growth and the first stage of the Japanese tax hike hurt sales of fashion and leather goods.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 19, 2014
Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential
"Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential" was first published in 2010, offering readers a rare insight into a growing global fascination with the image of the Japanese schoolgirl. This revised edition features eight new sections that focus on developments on the subject, including an analysis of the fall and...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Jul 11, 2014
Summer's here — yukata, sales and back-to-school satchels
Mintdesigns' refreshing yukata
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 3, 2014
'The Rings from the Hashimoto Collection of the National Museum of Western Art'
To commemorate Kanshi Hashimoto's 2012 donation of 870 pieces of jewelry from the Hashimoto Collection, The National Museum of Western Art is showcasing around 300 of the 760 rings in the collection. These rings — many encrusted with diamonds and other gems — represent various periods of history,...
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Man suspected of using smart glasses to cheat on Waseda University exams
The Waseda University campus in Tokyo. An 18-year-old male test-taker is suspected of using smart glasses to cheat during the university's entrance exam.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Who’s toughest on China? Biden’s tariff tactic ups ante as election looms.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about new actions to protect American workers and businesses from China's "unfair" trade practices, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.

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