In yet another update on the problems with the Japanese economy and how they are impacting the fashion industry, the massive Japanese company Takashimaya has issued a profit warning 2008. They blame the problems on "extremely weak consumer demand in

Today was a big day for Tokyo sportswear and streetwear fans - it was the grand opening of the Adidas Shibuya Performance Centre (or "Center" if you prefer). The new store is directly across from Shibuya 109 and only a

This weekend was the grand opening of the new Roxy / Quicksilver Harajuku Flagship shop. The new store is located on Meiji Dori between Omotesando Dori and Shibuya, in the building that used to be Energie / Miss Sixty. To

Today's Tokyo fashion Christmas 2008 update is from the Isetan Men's department store in Shinjuku. Though Isetan Men's holiday window displays aren't as interesting as the main Isetan Department Store X-mas window displays, they are still pretty cool. Here are

Yesterday, we posted an article about the Engineered Garments Fall/Winter 2008 collection. Now we have news of EG, the American-brand-created-by-Japanese-designer, opening its first shop in Tokyo. The first Engineered Garments flagship shop in Japan will be opened in the Aoyama

As reported by Tokyo Fashion previously, the limited time shop in Tokyo has closed. But, though the LV collaboration is over for now, Comme des Garcons will re-open the shop soon with another cool limited time project. Meet, Black Comme

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,

On Friday of last week, the yen exchange rate hit 88 to one USD. Every day, Japanese (and world) news reports on companies going out of business or laying off workers. Stock markets around the globe are in free fall.

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

The Barney's New York Shinjuku department store has a crazy window display for the 2008 winter holidays. The display is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the peace sign, and Barneys went all out in full hippie psychedelia mode. Peace signs