Tag: tokyo
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J-pop and sci-fi: outlandish shows at Tokyo Fashion Week
The Marc Jacobs of Japan, singing cats and models cloaked in armour: J-pop and science fiction transformed Tokyo Fashion Week spring/summer 2017 into a style fest unlike any other. In a world where fashion mines entertainment like never before, Japan's established and break-through labels pounced on musical hook-ups, street culture and animation to drive interest.…
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Okinawa fashion: new style for Japan’s tropical islands
Okinawa, the Japanese archipelago home to thousands of US troops and popular with scuba divers, is looking beyond its beach resorts and World War II battle sites to bag a spot in high fashion. A two and a half hour flight from Tokyo and closer to Taiwan, Okinawa couldn't be more different from the Japanese…
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French label stops traffic with outdoor Tokyo catwalk
French label Koche made its Japan Fashion Week debut Wednesday, transforming part of Tokyo's famed Harajuku district into a catwalk — stopping traffic to unveil street cool with a French twist. Paris-based designer Christelle Kocher brought her two-year old fashion house to the heart of Japanese youth culture, taking over a street lined with boutiques,…
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Japanese rocker’s modern kimonos kick off fashion week in Tokyo
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese rock star and fashion designer Yoshiki kicked off the week-long Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo on Monday, taking to the stage to perform music as models strutted by on the runway in his futuristic kimono creations. Yoshiki, co-founder and drummer of rock band X Japan, played the piano and drums during the…
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India’s prize-winning designer steadies for world stage
“I never thought of myself as a top designer, more of a glorified tailor,” Dhir told AFP at his small, busy design studio in the backblocks of New Delhi. Dhir is now in a race against time to deliver his award-winning collection to prominent department stores in New York, Paris, Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney from…
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Plus-size fashion show scores big in Japan
By Kwiyeon Ha TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese pop girl group Pottya, who describe themselves as “chubby”, performed their hits while eleven plus size amateur models strutted along the catwalk at a new men's fashion show in Tokyo aimed at breaking down obesity taboos. The Tokyo Pochari (plump) Collection, jointly organized by a plus-size clothing brand…
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Alexander Wang Drops Surprise Adidas Collaboration at New York Fashion Week
The Adidas Originals by Alexander Wang collection will be available in select pop up trucks in New York, London and Tokyo starting tomorrow.
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Saint Laurent launches debut Canada store
Luxury fashion house Saint Laurent has opened its first-ever, freestanding Canadian boutique, in Vancouver.
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Men’s fashion week kicks off third season in New York
Men's fashion week in New York kicked off its third season Monday with a presentation by Perry Ellis, whose athletic, casual take is expected to mark a number of spring-summer 2017 collections. Dozens of designers from Michael Kors to Tommy Hilfiger will present creations over the course of around 60 catwalk shows and presentations, which…
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UK receptionist petition on high heels at work gets 120,000 signatures
A London temporary worker, sent home for wearing flat shoes, has collected more than 120,000 signatures so far in a petition calling for Britain to make it illegal for a firm to require women to wear high heels at work. Reaching that total on Friday easily put Nicola Thorp's petition over the 100,000-signature threshold needed…