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Category: Fashion

  • The Individual Fashion Expo IV

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    Tokyo Fashion Week may be over, but there’s still some fashion runway action coming your way September 23 in the form of the Maruione Shinjuku-produced fourth annual “Individual Fashion Expo,” at the JCB Hall in Tokyo Dome City. The show covers gothic, lolita, and punk styles. Patrick Macias has plenty more info over at his…

  • Dry in Motion

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    Uniqlo comes out with a new fancy flash-based web promotion, this time called “Dry in Motion.” I don’t really understand it, but it sure looks cool.

  • Be a Fundoshi Model

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    Yukie Kaneko is a graphic designer who has been specializing in modern takes on Japanese family crests. For her next project, she’s designed a collection of fundoshi, a traditional type of Japanese “underwear,” similar to a loin cloth, often worn during festivals. She’s currently looking for non-Japanese men to model her fundoshi collection, and so…

  • Kobe Collection Notes

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    Marxy writes about the Kobe Collection over at Meta no Tame. Don’t forget to check out Mekas for more collection reports from Tokyo Fashion Week. And look, isn’t that Gelman squinting in the far right of this photo taken at the Mint Designs show.

  • Mekas Covers Japan Fashion Week

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    Missing out on Tokyo Fashion Week? No worries, since Marxy is checking everything out, and contributing collection reviews to Mekas‘ “Brand Profiles” section. You’ll currently find reports on Fur Fur and Mikio Sakabe, with a dozen more planned.

  • Graniph + Archigram

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    I haven’t picked up a tee from Graniph in quite a while, but I’m sure liking this new series by Archigram. Via Designboom.

  • Onitsuka Tiger with Tokyo Skyline

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    Seiji Yogo of Koiklub designs the patterns on these Onitsuka Tiger sneakers with the Tokyo skyline. I like the white pair, which glows in the dark. Via Designboom.

  • On the Fashion Trail with Marxy

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    A few new places where you can catch Marxy’s fashion reportage. First up, at MEKAS, a new Japanese fashion site where he takes on the role of chief editor. It’s mostly targeted at professional business subscribers, but you’ll also find a few free pieces, like this interview with Takeji Hirakawa. He’s also a contributing editor…