Japanese Momoko Doll Lingerie Fashion Show

Japanese Momoko Doll Lingerie Fashion Show

Posted on November 2, 2009 in

Parco Shibuya is holding a lingerie fashion show through November 10, 2009, but the models aren't Japanese girls. No, they aren't guys either! The models are dolls from the extremely popular Japanese Momoko Doll collection. The show - "Miniature Lingerie

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Top 10 Tokyo Tattoo Shops: Favorite Ink of Japan’s Young & Hip

Top 10 Tokyo Tattoo Shops: Favorite Ink of Japan’s Young & Hip

Posted on October 14, 2009 in

Japan is home to a rich tradition of tattooing. Despite the widespread discrimination towards people with tattoos, with rules that prohibit tattooed people into hot springs, golf courses and gyms, it is still one of the best places in the

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Yohji Yamamoto Files For Bankruptcy

Yohji Yamamoto Files For Bankruptcy

Posted on October 9, 2009 in

Yohji Yamamoto Inc., the fashion house founded by legendary Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto, announced today that it has filed for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo District Court. The brand's aggressive spending - including expansion into European and American markets - are

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Tokyo Chic: Foreign Models in Japan Tell (Almost) All

Tokyo Chic: Foreign Models in Japan Tell (Almost) All

Posted on October 8, 2009 in

One of TokyoFashion.com's favorite blogs right now is HORA Confessions. It's written by two non-Japanese models living and working in Tokyo. The blog gives you an insider's view of a foreign model's life in Tokyo. The updates alternate between being

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Versace Withdraws From Japanese Market, Sources Say

Versace Withdraws From Japanese Market, Sources Say

Posted on October 7, 2009 in

According to an article on Yahoo Japan (via J-Cast), the Italian luxury fashion brand Versace has quietly withdrawn from the Japanese market. The article, currently available only in Japanese, says that Versace closed all four of their directly-managed Japanese stores

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Tsuyoshi Domoto x CA4LA Harajuku Green Beret

Tsuyoshi Domoto x CA4LA Harajuku Green Beret

Posted on September 30, 2009 in

While walking in Harajuku at 2am on September 30th, the TokyoFashion.com crew stumbled (almost literally) upon a long line of people camped out in front of the CA4LA shop. CA4LA (pronounced Ka-Shi-La) is a popular Tokyo-based Japanese hat brand with

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Comme des Garcons x The Beatles Handbags

Comme des Garcons x The Beatles Handbags

Posted on September 28, 2009 in

Some pretty crazy news from WWD today: ultra hipster Japanese fashion brand Comme des Garcons has announced that they've entered into a partnership with Apple Records to release a line of handbags featuring The Beatles. That's right, you can now

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Diesel Japan X Weathercast

Diesel Japan X Weathercast

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Diesel Japan has an interesting advertising campaign going on right now called Diesel X Weathercast. The ads are in the style of a television weather report. They have several videos on their website with fake extreme weather reports from various

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Ninita Brand Popup Shop at LaForet Harajuku

Ninita Brand Popup Shop at LaForet Harajuku

Posted on September 23, 2009 in

Starting this Friday (09/25), the Japanese fashion brand Ninita will have a limited-time popup shop at the entrance of LaForet Harajuku. Ninita is a brand based around cute and pretty casual clothes for Japanese girls. The brand was started by

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H&M Shibuya Opening Day Pictures

H&M Shibuya Opening Day Pictures

Posted on September 20, 2009 in

At 10am on Saturday morning (a little early for us to be awake), H&M opened their massive new flagship store in the Shibuya area of Tokyo. This is the Swedish fashion chain's fifth store in Japan after Ginza, Harajuku, Yokohama,

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