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STYLE WISE

Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Nov 12, 2009
Discount Comme de Garcons, thermo threads, extreme styles and bohemian flair
Back to black
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Oct 8, 2009
Fashion rethinks, rebrands and reasserts itself in the recession
Uniqlo gets an A+ for +J There may be a recession, but that doesn't mean that we can't afford style, thanks to the new maestro of cool, Mr. Tadashi Yanai.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Sep 10, 2009
Time for openings, a night out and second-hand style
THE opening ceremony
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Aug 13, 2009
Variations on Dynamite Cabarets, Tiger, togas, Yohji Yamamoto and Comme des Garcons
Aki and Kuzu get smart Cabaret Aki and Jackal Kuzu are known as the designers of scandalously flagrant men's brand Gut's Dynamite Cabarets, but with the launch of their impressive new line, JhonAG, their alter-egos may soon fade as the two are set to be reverently known as just Aki and Kuzu.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Jul 9, 2009
Maria H. at the beach, Peaches in Japan, denim art at Diesel and limited editions at Gap
Stylish swimmers Finnish designer Maria Hietanen wants to give the hard bodies of summer a sophisticated makeover with her Maria H. line of beachwear.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Jun 11, 2009
Fragrant fashions, high-brow specs, Vogue in 3-D, and Tokyo's own
Getting intimate Tucked in the residential boroughs of Tokyo's Aobadai district in Meguro is a new intimate shop, Lilid 05, where the uplifting scent of fashion wafts you through its unassuming doors. The store opened at the end of April, but the Lilid 05 brand itself is also fairly new, only now in its second season. The label's concept is based on perfume, or the idea that a certain scent can become associated with a woman, much like styles of fashion do (hence the name's nudge at Chanel 5).
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
May 14, 2009
Say hello to Belgium's best, aptform, the Land of Tomorrow and Forever 21
Bold Belgium "Avant garde" doesn't even begin to describe some of the amazing creations that have come from the Belgian fashion capital of Antwerp over the years. Intelligent designers from the city successfully fuse fantasy with reality, and the "6+ Antwerp" exhibition at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery till June 28 celebrates such Belgian creators by presenting nearly 60 of their designs.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Apr 9, 2009
Kalivas goes 'Goemon,' Marjoli shines bright and Sistere makes Kyoto urban
Fantasy after fashion Tina Kalivas will get to see her creations on the big screen this May, as the Australian fashion designer produced the costumes for the new Japanese film "Goemon." The movie is based on the legend of a Robin Hood-like hero and was directed by Kazuaki Kiriya, who was responsible for 2004's popular "Casshern." It would be any designer's dream to work on such a project — a high-budget film that required highly theatrical costumes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Mar 12, 2009
ASCIS sprints stylishly, Van Noten opens in Aoyama, British gems sparkle and Galliano diffuses
MISHA JANETTE and PAUL McINNES A Beast on the run in Harajuku If you thought the pace of Tokyo's Harajuku was already dizzying, just see what happens now that ASICS has opened its megastore for runners in the area's heart.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA / STYLE WISE
Feb 12, 2009
Fashion inspired by imaginary destinations, the 1950s and naughty Polaroids
Your visa to Fugahum "Fugahum is our imaginary country. Yes, it's also our brand, but I always wanted to create a nation and write its history," says Akiyoshi Mishima, the philosophical half of the fashion unit Fugahum that the designer has formed with partner Asuka Yamamoto. "Isn't that what a fashion brand does anyway: Create its own world?"
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA / STYLE WISE
Jan 15, 2009
Goocy and Gozi but no more Green
Genki at Goocy Goocy (pronounced "goosey") is the local answer to the Western "fast-fashion" invasion that has recently swept Japan. It's a pet project by brand director Harumi Fukuda and designer Mary Fukumoto of high-end label Triptych.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA / STYLE WISE
Feb 26, 2008
Harajuku's "Style Deficit Disorder," model Irina Lazareanu gets wicked and more
Cure for disorder The popular fashion hub Harajuku is the subject of a fascinating new book by Tokyo-based editor and creative consultant Tiffany Godoy. Rich in detail and accompanied by some remarkable images, her book, "Style Deficit Disorder" (Chronicle Books), documents the history of the area from World War II until the present day, tracking its continuing fluctuations.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA / STYLE WISE
Jan 8, 2008
Raf Simons, Bulgari, Marc Newson and more
Candy-colored covers
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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