Month: November 2008

Louis Vuitton lowered prices on its brand goods in Japan by 7 percent yesterday according to Bloomberg. The main reason given for the price cut is because the Japanese yen has gained a lot against the euro in 2008. Most

One week from Saturday, on December 6th 2008, at noon, the new ScoLar Tokyo shop is opening on Cat Street in Harajuku. The new ScoLar shop will be located in the same building there The Viridi Anne used to be.

Last month, we reported on the Marc Fisher Aoyama closing sale. At that time, we didn't have confirmation that the shop was actually closing, other than our reading of the sale signs in the window. Well, it looks like Marc

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

Temptalia has pictures of some of the products from next year's collaboration between MAC Cosmetics and Japan's favorite cute cat-girl, Hello Kitty. The collection is a licensing deal for makeup products and a few select Kitty accessories in the North

"Do More With Less - 40 Years of North Face", an exhibition celebrating the history of the North Face outdoor clothing and lifestyle brand, opens on Saturday (November 29, 2008) at Spiral Garden in the Aoyama area of Tokyo. The

Walking in Aoyama this week, I noticed that Loveless Aoyama has their Christmas 2008 window display in place. To be brutally honest, it's not that exciting of a window display by Loveless standards. I mean, Loveless does some of the

Everyone loves Harajuku. That's good, right? Well, maybe. What if some people loved Harajuku too much? What if those people worked for huge international fashion brands. And what if those huge international brands all decided that they wanted to setup

There is always some new crazy building changing the skyline in Tokyo. Earlier this month, we saw the unveiling of the H&M "Ice Cubes" building in Harajuku. Not to be outdone, there is another massive skyscraper about to open with

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 --