Kaka Vaka has long been an institution of the Osaka fashion scene, with its unique mix of vintage, brand and remade fashion that pretty much sums up current Japanese street style, and in December las...
We may have seen the excellent showroom from Bodysong, runurunu and Balmung previously, but while that gives you an idea of the aesthetic and ideas behind the work, it doesn’t give you a viscer...
Fashion is a fickle thing (as people love to say), and of course Japanese trends are no exception. Street fashion here is incredibly youth-oriented, and while the glory days of the first Fruits magaz...
Jun Takahashi’s brand Undercover has clearly been doing its best to surprise and subvert this past year. The Uniqlo collaboration line, and his current super-layered collection - Openstrings al...
Banzai from designer Yoruko Banzai held his latest (he largely eschews seasonal collections) exhibition “Equation” in Aquvii Harajuku which is promised to be the first in a series of 3 th...
Unless this is your first visit to Tokyo Telephone, you will be familiar with most of KOU’s work, maybe not by name, but you will have seen his designs in some of Japanese fashion’s brigh...
Tokuko 1er Vol, despite having a name that I can never remember off the top of my head for obvious reasons (allegedly it’s pronounced Tokuko premier vol – thanks, katakana!), makes some p...
I’ve written about Everlasting Sprout before, and it seems that I’m inching ever so slightly towards this aesthetic in my daily dress, so what better chance to take a look at the upcoming...
Following on from Facetasm’s presentation, which we looked at yesterday, was Phenomenon’s A/W 2012-13 which managed to surprise an audience who might have been expecting to be challenged ...
Facetasm and Phenomenon held their A/W 2012-13 shows at Tokyo Fashion Week as a single event to be a self-proclaimed “headliner act” to the week of shows. A very bold claim indeed, but on...
When the charming hand-made invite from Harukakimie dropped into our letterbox I immediately circled the date on our (Maru the cat) calendar and began counting down the days. I’m a huge fan of ...
Aruta Soup is a Japanese artist and illustrator who has celebrated his return to Japan from London with a couple of solo exhibitions that have already marked him out as one to watch on the Tokyo art ...
Takahiro Miyashita’s brand The SoloIst is on its 6th season and seems close to capturing the level of fanaticism that used to (and arguably still does) surround Number (n)ine. It is a position ...
Matohu is a brand devoted to keeping traditional Japanese fashion alive, not simply through direct references to Japanese clothing as exemplified by Araisara, but rather by focusing on the fundamenta...
What happens at 3am? I think we’ve all been there: a few too many drinks, some suitably dodgy take-away food, and then comes that great idea right around 3 o’clock in the morning – ...
It’s not often we at Tokyo Telephone pay attention to what the ‘slebs are wearing, but there are some people you just can’t ignore. Love her or hate her, Lady Gaga has become a regu...
Yoshio Kubo went back to basics for his A/W 2012-13 collection held during Tokyo Fashion Week at the Chichibunomiya rugby stadium. The cold clean outdoors location and stripped back DJing from DJ Kru...
Recently I have rediscovered my affection for slightly more formal wear by virtue of having to wear a suit regularly for the first time in many years, and the journey back to obsessing about every li...
Having looked at Etw. Vonneguet’s A/W 2012-13 Tokyo Fashion Week runway show yesterday, I thought we would continue on to the showroom and complete the picture. I can’t help but think tha...
Etw. Vonneguet is a brand increasingly known for its designer Olga’s differing creative direction and desire to challenge the notion of how a designer relates to their work and their audience. ...
The first thing that came to mind when I saw this winter collection from Ne-Net was that some hikers had been on the mushrooms (scroll down, you’ll see!). I think it woud be kind of easy to jus...
I have already written about Jotaro Saito’s wonderful A/W 2012-13 Collection for The Japan Times (archived here), but the one thing missing from that coverage is the deluge of images that I can...
Perhaps it’s the sunshine, perhaps it’s the humidity starting to get to me, but I really have the urge to dress in Theatre (note British spelling) Products-esque clothing recently. I̵...
Proving that the term underground fashion need not always apply to the dark and edgy world occupied by Honey’s Dead that we talked about recently is Nusumigui. It is a brand that doesn’t ...
The sun is finally shining again here in Tokyo, and today I’ve got a huge smile on my face because I’m writing about one of my favourite shows from Fashion Week Tokyo: Mercibeaucoup. I ha...
Of all the designers who exhibit at Tokyo Fashion Week, few understand the importance of having a sense of drama or performance quite as well as Johan Ku. His runway collections are primarily planned...
Honey’s Dead is the long overdue Harajuku flagship for Hiro and Juvenile Hall Rollcall which opened last week to a packed opening party featuring their Ura-Hara comrades including the founders ...
May the fourth be with you, and also with Toga! I’ve written about Toga a couple of times before, and it’s always really exciting me for to open their look book and see what’s going...
Having given you an idea about what you can expect from Tokyu Plaza Omotesando, Harajuku’s latest fashion institution (here if you missed it), I thought I would take you through a couple of my ...
Harajuku’s eco-system is a difficult one to keep balanced, you just have to look at certain streets that were once buzzing that have all but fallen silent, while others gain personality overnig...
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