It's raining kimono in Tokyo. Rock superstar Yoshiki kicked off Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo by sending models down the runway in sexy, reimagined kimono drenched in a downpour on Oct. 17. It may not be high fashion to purists, but such is the fame of ...
Anrealage gets real in Omotesando Tokyo has been spoiled of late with a surprising number of new store openings, not least the first stand-alone shops of cult streetwear label C.E and power-couple Yoon and Verbal's Ambush. But it is Kunihiko Morinaga's Anrealage, a mainstay of ...
Vintage graduation CEO Tobe Naoaki's boutique Grimoire has been responsible for so many important fashion moments in Tokyo's recent fashion history. Even those who have never wandered into its loving re-imagining of turn-of-the-century European fairy-tale style will have most likely seen one of its acolytes ...
Jotaro Saito has been showcasing his kimono brand at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo since 2006, almost a decade before the eyebrow-raising appearance of X Japan frontman Yoshiki Hayashi's Yoshikimono brand at the event last October. It's true that Matohu, from design partnership Hiroyuki Horihata and ...
Trends for normcore restraint in current Japanese menswear have taken the mainstream hostage, prompting a divisive splinter on the Tokyo fashion week runways. At one end of the spectrum, we find a push toward an exaggeration of restraint exemplified by the likes of design partnership ...
Fashion Week gets peachy Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo is with us for another season, giving us a glimpse of what fall and winter is going to look like, despite the fact that the temperature is only just starting to climb for spring. This season, the ...
Don't miss out on Tokyo Fashion Week Come March 17-22, a parade of models, fashion editors and designers will sweep through the city for the bi-annual Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. While insiders will be treated to the usual slew of glamorous parties, that doesn't mean that ...
The Italian denim magnate Diesel and EDUN, the niche eco-friendly brand developed by musician Bono and his wife, have something in common — a love of Africa and its artistic scene. It makes sense then that last year they announced DIESEL+EDUN, a denim collection, ...
