h.NAOTO Closing All Stores in Japan – Brand Will Remain Active Online
Naoto Hirooka, the founder of influential Japanese subculture fashion brand h.NAOTO, has announced that the brand will close all of its brick and mortar stores in Japan by the end of August. The brand - which closed its flagship Harajuku
MARUI One International, RIP: Japanese Fashion Web Shop Shuts Down
Ever since the world economy entered a major slump back in 2008, the Japanese fashion industry - like fashion industries in other countries - has been feeling the repercussions. Several Japanese brands have shut down in the last few years,
Bye Bye SekuDai: Sexy Dynamite London is Dead
Another of Harajuku's iconic youth fashion brands has shuttered. Earlier this year, we reported on the sudden closure of Bananafish. Now comes the news of the fall of the Japanese fashion brand Sexy Dynamite London. Affectionally called "SekuDai" by its
Banana Fish No More: Japanese Fashion Brand Suddenly Closes Doors On 10th Anniversary
Sad news from Tokyo for lovers of cute, quirky Japanese fashion: the Harajuku-based fashion brand Banana Fish, famous for its kawaii character-based clothing designs, suddenly and unexpectedly shut its doors last week. The entire operation - including all physical stores
Versace Withdraws From Japanese Market, Sources Say
According to an article on Yahoo Japan (via J-Cast), the Italian luxury fashion brand Versace has quietly withdrawn from the Japanese market. The article, currently available only in Japanese, says that Versace closed all four of their directly-managed Japanese stores