Tokyo Fashion

an article you might find interesting about tokyo’s fashion.

Omotesando Open Air Architectural Museum

Co-branding is the usual strategy of fashion brands when it comes to architecture.
The two areas where this phenomenon is most visible are Ginza and Omotesando/Aoyama.
They are an open air contemporary architecture museum.
Here a view on Omotesando, By Ping Mag

mi dicono che non scrivo abbastanza

abbastanza ma purtroppo Tokyo divora ogni ora del giorno.
Viaggiare in Giappone è certamente diverso, immersivo, alienante ma anche un pò pericoloso non certo per l’incolumità fisica ma per i nostri abiti.

Mangiare con le bacchette, dalla delicata funzione indicatrice (come osservava Barthes), può essere una difficile e sbrodolante esperienza. Ecco una lista di pericolosità:

Udon*****
Grado di pericolosità massimo per gli spaghettoni in brodo. Nemmeno il cucchiaio vi salverà.  Sconsigliati se siete in una cena di lavoro.

Soba***
Dipende se li mangiate in brodo (meno complicati degli udon ma da non sottovalutare) oppure freddi.

Kawakubo in Detroit

If you do not know who Rei Kawakubo is, If you do not know Commes des Garcon, or you have never seen any of their shops (or this one in Paris), please read some of these.

Uniqlo

Uniqlo is the king brand of cheap & chic clothes here in Japan.
An interview with the founder on CNN that you might want to look at.

japanese fashion

Japan is a trend setter when it comes to fashion.
I did not know that this was also happening in ping-pong thank to Naomi Yotsumoto

Harajuku’s fashion

Tokyo is famous for its fashion. I think one important reason is the true city nature of Tokyo.
The city is often defined as the place where we meet strangers. In this sense Tokyo is a perfect example. It is pervaded by collective solitudes that allow individual freedom.
Between the many Tokyo areas, Harajuku is the fashion spot.

On saturday afternoon it gets crowded of Gothic Lolitas,

Visual Kei,

Cosplay