Tag: japanese fashion

Harajuku Fashion Walk #10 took place in early summer of 2012. The 10th edition of Harajuku Fashion Walk featured a lot of familiar faces along with a number of new participants. We've already posted our main report on the event

"Heavy Pop" is the name of a series of parties produced by Japanese photographer Ray Ochiai. Heavy Pop's main draw is that personalities from the Tokyo street fashion scene are invited to DJ. If you've ever wondered what the fashionable

There are many cool indie shops and fashion brands that exist only in Harajuku. These are the stores that give Harajuku its personality by catering mostly to the adventurous Japanese kids you see in FRUiTS Magazine, here on TokyoFashion, and

The 12th edition of Tokyo Fashion Week - officially called either "Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo" or "Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo" (JFW) - has begun. The main events and runway shows of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo 2012 Spring/Summer edition run

The Japan Times published a must-read article today called "Where Have All The Gyaru Gone?" I was happy to see this article because I have been thinking about writing something similar for a long time. The topic comes up quite

The world of Japanese fashion is often marked by numerous mysterious micro-trends that the rational mind cannot explain. For example, take the current popularity of Batman and the Bat-logo among Japanese girls which often leads to baffling images such as

A few weeks ago, I filed a hard-hitting report for Tokyo Fashion about a new wave of flashy and eye-catching summer yukata robes designed especially for gyaruo: dandified males who habitually stalk female prey in the streets of Shibuya, Tokyo.

FAKE Tokyo is home to two of Japan's most cutting edge fashion boutiques (Candy Shibuya & Sister) and a gallery space (Gallery Fake) which holds underground fashion shows as well as fashion-related art exhibitions. It's hard for us to believe

Grab your ruler and pencil sharpener! April marks the beginning of the new school year in Japan. Now, fun-loving gyaru (gals) and gyaruo (male gals) alike must search for items to offset the boredom of mandatory high school uniforms. Luckily,

Next week in China, a new Japanese fashion shopping mall with an impressive 30 shops will hold its grand opening. Referred to as "Shinjuku in Shanghai" by some, OPA Shanghai will be the first large-scale mall in China dedicating almost