Jenny Fax – SS 2014 Collection – Dual Nostalgia
Jenny Fax’s latest SS 2014 collection has been one of the most talked about shows of the Tokyo Fashion Week season, with the common thread of most of the discussions involving it hinging on the simple...
View ArticleCoconogacco – Cocoten – Trans Art Tokyo 2013 – The Heart of Kanda
As the “coco” of the alternative fashion school Coconogacco ought to suggest, their collective focus is always on the “now”, but their “now” always being a constantly evolving process that turns their...
View ArticleAkiba Noise 2.0 – Akihabara Fashion Meets Kawaii Culture
There is a tendency amongst those outside it to think of Akihabara culture as a male dominated one, but everyone who is even tangentially involved with the events, club nights and fashion that actually...
View ArticleZetsumei – A New Standard for Beauty at The National Art Center – Tokyo
The Zetsumei series of exhibitions, events and fashion shows finally reached its climax at The National Art Center in Tokyo with a fittingly flamboyant fashion show that saw three runway shows running...
View Articlerooms 28 – Omotenashi – Defining Japanese Hospitality
Thanks to Christel Takigawa’s hypnotic use of the word in her capacity as Olympic ambassador the word “omotenashi” has become a rallying cry bound in self recognition for a value system at the heart of...
View ArticleGokai Nakano Broadway – A New Frontline for Tokyo Fashion
Ever since Mikio Sakabe prophetically aligned his class of cheerleaders to the place in his remarkable AW 2013-14 collection this time last year, the writing was on the wall for a fashion revolution in...
View ArticleTokyo Fashion Week – The Show Dilemma
Even though Tokyo Fashion Week in its official Mercedes-Benz sponsored capacity doesn’t begin until Monday next week, we have been treated to a smattering of off-season shows and exhibitions here in...
View ArticleMikio Sakabe – AW 2014-15 – Fallen Leaves
Tokyo Fashion Week has come and gone for another season, bringing with it a hit of adrenaline as you are presented with the illusion of the new, an excitement that has a tendency to quickly dissipate...
View ArticleJenny Fax AW 2014-15 – Is It Getting Better
I was going to put a question mark in the the title of this collection, but as we shall see, the question is clearly a rhetorical one, and one that I think deep down we all know the answer to. As...
View ArticleAkiba Noise 3.0 – Post-Idol Culture
The New Year is a reminder, albeit hardly necessary, that fashion is never static, punctuated as it by the shift between S/S to A/W and 2014 to 2015. The subcultures are no different, moving, but...
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