J-pop and sci-fi: outlandish shows at Tokyo Fashion Week

October 23, 2016 By publisher

The Marc Jacobs of Japan, singing cats and models cloaked in armour: J-pop and science fiction transformed Tokyo Fashion Week spring/summer 2017 into a style fest unlike any other. In a world where fashion mines entertainment like never before, Japan's established and break-through labels pounced on musical hook-ups, street culture and animation to drive interest. Mikio Sakabe got the biggest applause of the week for his show in Miyashita Park, a last hurrah before it closes for renovations ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.

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Okinawa fashion: new style for Japan’s tropical islands

October 21, 2016 By publisher

Okinawa, the Japanese archipelago home to thousands of US troops and popular with scuba divers, is looking beyond its beach resorts and World War II battle sites to bag a spot in high fashion. A two and a half hour flight from Tokyo and closer to Taiwan, Okinawa couldn't be more different from the Japanese capital, where the fashion set reach for tights and tailored jackets on even a balmy autumn day and look down their noses at homespun “resort wear”. Both directors jetted into Tokyo for fashion week to meet buyers and journalists, but instead opted to stage their runway shows on Okinawa Island — live streaming them online to reach a wider audience.

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Okinawa fashion: new style for Japan’s tropical islands

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French label stops traffic with outdoor Tokyo catwalk

October 19, 2016 By publisher

French label Koche made its Japan Fashion Week debut Wednesday, transforming part of Tokyo's famed Harajuku district into a catwalk — stopping traffic to unveil street cool with a French twist. Paris-based designer Christelle Kocher brought her two-year old fashion house to the heart of Japanese youth culture, taking over a street lined with boutiques, which until shortly before the show had been bustling with teenage girls dressed in Japan's distinctive school uniforms. Kocher cast real people to personify the concept of street fashion, including a Japanese DJ, a photographer and a designer, in a high-energy show presenting more than 40 looks for summer and winter.

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Japanese rocker’s modern kimonos kick off fashion week in Tokyo

October 17, 2016 By creative

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese rock star and fashion designer Yoshiki kicked off the week-long Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo on Monday, taking to the stage to perform music as models strutted by on the runway in his futuristic kimono creations. Yoshiki, co-founder and drummer of rock band X Japan, played the piano and drums during the show for his brand Yoshikimono, which presented kimonos in metallic colors and leather in a modern twist to the traditional garment. Models also wore printed strapless dresses and see-through plastic tops. …

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India’s prize-winning designer steadies for world stage

September 23, 2016 By creative

“I never thought of myself as a top designer, more of a glorified tailor,” Dhir told AFP at his small, busy design studio in the backblocks of New Delhi. Dhir is now in a race against time to deliver his award-winning collection to prominent department stores in New York, Paris, Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney from next month — as well as around $75,000 in prizemoney to build up his business, he also gets to provide a capsule collection for key retailers worldwide.

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Plus-size fashion show scores big in Japan

September 23, 2016 By admin

By Kwiyeon Ha TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese pop girl group Pottya, who describe themselves as “chubby”, performed their hits while eleven plus size amateur models strutted along the catwalk at a new men's fashion show in Tokyo aimed at breaking down obesity taboos. The Tokyo Pochari (plump) Collection, jointly organized by a plus-size clothing brand Sakazen Shoji Co and fashion magazine, Mr Babe, featured models weighing more than 100 kg (220 pounds) walking, twirling and posing on the catwalk.

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Alexander Wang Drops Surprise Adidas Collaboration at New York Fashion Week

September 11, 2016 By admin

The Adidas Originals by Alexander Wang collection will be available in select pop up trucks in New York, London and Tokyo starting tomorrow.

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Saint Laurent launches debut Canada store

July 12, 2016 By admin

Luxury fashion house Saint Laurent has opened its first-ever, freestanding Canadian boutique, in Vancouver.

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Men’s fashion week kicks off third season in New York

July 12, 2016 By creative

Men's fashion week in New York kicked off its third season Monday with a presentation by Perry Ellis, whose athletic, casual take is expected to mark a number of spring-summer 2017 collections. Dozens of designers from Michael Kors to Tommy Hilfiger will present creations over the course of around 60 catwalk shows and presentations, which are expected to conjure a minimalist, relaxed and utilitarian look. Steven Cox and Daniel Silver, the creative duo behind Duckie Brown, will be sitting out the season, after presenting a mere six-look collection in February.

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UK receptionist petition on high heels at work gets 120,000 signatures

May 13, 2016 By creative

A London temporary worker, sent home for wearing flat shoes, has collected more than 120,000 signatures so far in a petition calling for Britain to make it illegal for a firm to require women to wear high heels at work. Reaching that total on Friday easily put Nicola Thorp's petition over the 100,000-signature threshold needed to have Britain's parliament consider holding a debate on an issue. Thorp made headlines this week when she launched her campaign describing how she had arrived in flat shoes for her first day to work as a receptionist for accounting company PwC last December to be told she had to wear heels.

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