Tag: tokyo fashion

Harajuku style trends move quickly. Faces change, shops and brands come and go. It's difficult to stop time and declare what matters the most. Even so, as the New Year kicks off we thought we'd take a quick look back

With the economy hitting a new bottom day after day, there always seems to be one Japanese fashion company releasing good news - Uniqlo. No matter who badly the luxury brands get pounded, no matter how many select shops close

Sad news from the heart of Shibuya. The Sounds Good by United Arrows super hip fashion select shop here closed down at the beginning of this month (April 2009). We first reported on this cool concept store when it opened,

Parco in Shibuya has a limited time Hello Kitty x Atmos Tokyo shop on floor B1 right now. The shop is there for a short time and it's supposed to be carrying some limited edition goods, so we decided to

It has been 30 years since 1979 when Minoru Takeyama, the Japanese super-architect, saw the opening of one of his more famous project - Shibuya 109. In the the three decades since it's opening, Shibuya 109 has become (along with

As everyone in the universe knows, yesterday was the day that Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. Wow. That's cool, but not really Japanese fashion related - or is it? Actually, it turns

Walking in Harajuku recently, I noticed that there is a new window display in one of the window boxes out in front of LaForet Harajuku. X-girl Japan has taken over the window with a display promoting some limited edition 15th

The Not From Paris blog has an interesting article from a few days ago about the ascendance of Tokyo as the next world fashion capitol. The writer doesn't seem to be against the idea that Tokyo is rising, but he/she

Since the 1980s, Tokyo has been the focal point of almost every new fashion and cultural trend to develop in Japan. As the world’s largest city, Tokyo’s dozens of unique districts and neighborhoods have been home to some of the