Month: March 2009

Olive des Olive – Japanese Brand Bankruptcy, More

Olive des Olive – Japanese Brand Bankruptcy, More

Posted on March 29, 2009 in

The parent company of popular Japanese teen girls fashion brand Olive des Olive has filed for bankruptcy protection in Kyoto District Court. Moku des Moku, which owns Olive des Olive has over 16 billion yen (around US$150 million) in debt

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Where The Wild Things Are Movie Trailer

Where The Wild Things Are Movie Trailer

Posted on March 28, 2009 in

Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak is legend. The first official trailer for the upcoming live action movie is here... How is this movie trailer Tokyo or fashion related? Maybe it's not, but the Where The Wild Things

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Wonder Worker Guerrilla Band Hot Chocolate at UT

Wonder Worker Guerrilla Band Hot Chocolate at UT

Posted on March 27, 2009 in

Earlier this week, UT Harajuku launched a new fashion collaboration with the Wonder Worker Guerrilla Band, the Japanese design collective. The limited edition pieces available at UT as part of this collection/brand are called "Hot Chocolate". Here is the front

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Japan Fashion Week Spring 2009 Posters

Japan Fashion Week Spring 2009 Posters

Posted on March 22, 2009 in

All over Harajuku right now, there are posters for Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo, which starts this coming week. The posters are randomly put up on walls and other places where you wouldn't necessarily expect fashion show posters to end

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X-Girl Japan x Eastpak 2009 Collection

X-Girl Japan x Eastpak 2009 Collection

Posted on March 20, 2009 in

Walking by LaForet Harajuku today, I noticed that they have a brand new window display out front for the upcoming X-Girl Japan x Eastpak 2009 collaboration bag collection. The bag collaboration between the two brands is to celebrate the "Happy

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Reebok Freestyle Sneakers at ABC Mart Shibuya

Reebok Freestyle Sneakers at ABC Mart Shibuya

Posted on March 13, 2009 in

Walking on center street today in Shibuya, I noticed that ABC Mart is really hyping the Reebok Freestyle sneaker collection. Reebok did some kind of cross promotion or collaboration between Tokyo Girls Collection and the Reebok Freestyle series, so I

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