Tag: japanese

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

On April 10, 2009, Paul Smith Japan will launch a line of super limited edition print shoulder bags. The collection is called "Project 10: BAG", and has been in the works for months. There are 138 different bag designs, which

Walking on center street today in Shibuya, I noticed that ABC Mart is really hyping the Reebok Freestyle sneaker collection. Reebok did some kind of cross promotion or collaboration between Tokyo Girls Collection and the Reebok Freestyle series, so I

As everyone in the universe knows, yesterday was the day that Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. Wow. That's cool, but not really Japanese fashion related - or is it? Actually, it turns

Walking in Harajuku recently, I noticed that there is a new window display in one of the window boxes out in front of LaForet Harajuku. X-girl Japan has taken over the window with a display promoting some limited edition 15th

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

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

Another Tokyo Christmas / holiday update. This time, we'll take a look at the 2008 holiday window displays from the Keio Department Store in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo. The Keio Department Store is located on the west side of

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.