Tag: Japanese Fashion Designers

Comme des Garcons x Vogue Nippon Shop Coming

Comme des Garcons x Vogue Nippon Shop Coming

Posted on April 6, 2009 in

Last year, we reported on the limited time that opened in the Aoyama area of Tokyo selling super limited and expensive collaboration items between the two brands. Well, that shop is long since closed, but Rei Kawakubo is not giving

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Fashion Brand Number (N)ine, RIP

Fashion Brand Number (N)ine, RIP

Posted on February 24, 2009 in

Sad news from the land of the rising sun. Ultra-hipster Japanese menswear brand Number (N)ine by designer Takahiro Miyashita is shutting down. This season's collection will be the final collection for the brand. They will also be shutting down their

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Engineered Garments Fall/Winter 2008

Engineered Garments Fall/Winter 2008

Posted on December 17, 2008 in

The Electro Plankton blog has an item on the Fall/Winter collection from Japanese/NY brand Engineered Garments, along with pictures of some of the pieces in the collection. Engineered Garments is an interesting brand because the designer, Daiki Suzuki, is Japanese,

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Louis Vuitton x Comme des Garcons Tokyo Shop

Louis Vuitton x Comme des Garcons Tokyo Shop

Posted on December 15, 2008 in

Jean Snow's tipped us off to an interesting article over at Cyril Duval's Collete blog about the Louis Vuitton x Comme des Garçons limited time collaboration shop in the Aoyama area of Tokyo. The actual article is scanned from 032c

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Jun Takahashi Undercover Nikes

Jun Takahashi Undercover Nikes

Posted on November 28, 2008 in

Over at Hypebeast today, they have news of a new collaboration sneaker between superstar Japanese fashion designer Jun Takahashi, Fragment Design, and Nike. The new Nike sneaker looks clean and retro with a thick white sole and comes in three

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Takashi Murakami Animation Studio in Hollywood

Takashi Murakami Animation Studio in Hollywood

Posted on November 24, 2008 in

The LA Times just published an article saying that Japanese superstar artist, toy maker, fashion collaborator, and Louis Vuitton pattern maker, Takashi Murakami has leased a large building in Los Angeles to launch his own movie studio. Murakami is --

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