The X-Girl 2008-2009 Fall and Winter Collection magazine / MOOK is out now in Japan. I picked up a copy in Tower Records in Shibuya last week. As has become the trend with many Japanese magazines and fashion brand catalogs,

As promised last month, we made it out to the opening of the new ScoLar Tokyo shop in Harajuku yesterday (Saturday). The Tokyo Fashion crew is quite lazy (waking up on Saturday morning is difficult after Friday night), so we

There is an interesting article in the New York Times this week about the collapse of luxury fashion prices in New York during the run up to the Christmas holiday. The article is not directly related to Japan, but certainly

Yesterday in Tokyo, Sophia Coppola debuted her new Louis Vuitton bags, heels, and accessories line. The items won't be available in stores until March of 2009, but this is the first time the designs have been revealed to the public

Tokyo sneakers fans rejoice. A week ago, on the 28th of November, the newest Adidas Originals shop in Japan opened in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo. Adidas Originals Shinjuku is located just across from Takashimaya Times Square on the South-East

Last week, Jeremy Scott arrived in Tokyo. And he/they/it (it's a person, it's a brand, it's a lifestyle) didn't land silently. There was a big party called "I'm Gorgeous" in Shibuya to celebrate the launch of the Jeremy Scott brand

Hypebeast has tipped us off to some new collaboration sneakers - this time the fashion collaboration teams up sneaker maker Converse with Japanese super-hipster (and super expensive) brand Mastermind Japan. The new shoes are a Mastermind re-imagining of the classic

While walking in the Aoyama area of Tokyo a few weeks ago, I noticed that the jewelry store Christofle on Aoyama Dori was all covered in Hello Kitty. The sign above the shop now says Christofle x Hello Kitty. I

The word "graduate" has a different meaning in Japan than it does in the Western world. When a member of JPop band gets big enough to go solo, or gets booted out of the band for being too old, that

Harajuku loves cute. You can't walk ten feet down Takeshita without hearing shouts of "kawaii!!!" over and over again. Milkfed is not a Takeshita brand, but they are aiming right at the "kawaii" Japanese girls with their newest fashion collaboration.