Tag: Tokyo Brands

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

Earlier this week, UT Harajuku launched a new fashion collaboration with the Wonder Worker Guerrilla Band, the Japanese design collective. The limited edition pieces available at UT as part of this collection/brand are called "Hot Chocolate". Here is the front

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

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

Picked up a copy of the Japanese fashion brand Cher's 2008-2009 Autumn / Winter Collection mook catalog at a book store recently. The Cher mook comes with an exclusive petit Cher eco bag. Last year there was a Cher eco

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