iida Mobile Phones – New From KDDI Japan
KDDI, the Japanese mobile phone company, announced the launch of a new designer phone brand called "iida" on Tuesday. The name iida was created by using the first letter of the words Innovation, Imagination, Design, Art. The new brand will
Comme des Garcons x Vogue Nippon Shop Coming
Last year, we reported on the limited time that opened in the Aoyama area of Tokyo selling super limited and expensive collaboration items between the two brands. Well, that shop is long since closed, but Rei Kawakubo is not giving
Olive des Olive – Japanese Brand Bankruptcy, More
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
Fashion Brand Number (N)ine, RIP
Sad news from the land of the rising sun. Ultra-hipster Japanese menswear brand Number (N)ine by designer Takahiro Miyashita is shutting down. This season's collection will be the final collection for the brand. They will also be shutting down their
Robot Luv x Palmer Japanese Sneakers
Today, we want to share with you some info and pictures on a brand of cute funky sneakers for women that are only available in Japan. The shoe brand is Palmer, and the line of sneakers are called Robot Luv
Milk Tote Bag in Zipper Fashion Magazine Feb 2009
Another Japanese fashion magazine and furoku update today. This time, it's the February 2009 issue of Zipper magazine and the freebie is a colorful tote bag by the famous Japanese lolita brand Milk. Milk was one of the original Harajuku
Kikou Harajuku – New Shop Open
While on our way to the opening of the ScoLar shop in Harajuku on Saturday, we stumbled upon the opening of another shop in the same area. The other new shop that opened on Saturday, December 6, 2008, is called
ScoLar Tokyo Opening Day Pictures
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
2Line Harajuku Shop Closing
Sad news from Meiji Dori in Harajuku - the 2Line men's select shop is closing down at the end of this month. I was walking in the area and I noticed that their sign said in big bright letters "Closing