Gap’s newly launched culture project Blue Box Presents was overseen by Kunichi Nomura-Tokyo multi-man who’s in all the right places-from producing events with Bruce Weber, and to cameo roles in friends’ films Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola, and Wes Anderson’s The New Budapest Hotel.
He gathered eight Tokyo personalities who made their own personal statements mixing their clothes with Gap basics (wait, this concept sounds vaguely familiar-hello The Reality Show!), and were then captured in classical portraits by Jiro Konami.
Frankly speaking, effortless is not our thing and didn’t feel super excited about it, but to our surprise, the result of each portraits were actually uniquely different. Some of our faves were Daichi Watanabe, frontman of a Japanese rock band Black-Cat-Chelsea, Daito Manabe master of three-dimentional digital mapping, and yummy mummy model Yoshiko- one of our besties.
Ambush’s latest collection Mondage is made for those with a weakness for bold, powerful and BIG jewelry (just like us!). The Kayanesque neck-craning gold necklaces and primitive bead embroidered chokers are to die for.
Born and based in Tokyo, the brand is the brainchild of Verbal and his partner in crime the ultra-stylish Yoon who both have a hard core penchant for hip hop culture (no surprise as Verbal is a frontman of Japanese cult hip hop group m-flo, u know?).
The Ambush universe is old-school-bling-bling elaborately mixed up with Tokyo street style, runway fashion sophistication, and cult and contemporary aesthetics. They keep the surprises coming with inspirations that have included Jodorowsky and collabos with designers like Juun J. or Sacai. Check out Yoon here wearing a heavy metal tribal ear-cuff with multi-circle parts sagging backwards. Stretch it out girl!
http://www.ambushdesign.com
Escaping from the hustle and bustle of the city, and popping into a retro building from Showa-era, that’s where the runway show of Christian Dada was held at.
It was a very subtle and cozy atmosphere until a roaring drum sound started and a rockabilly-haired model walked into the runway in a giant coyote-fur coat and skinny leather pants.
British rock exposition, one of the journalists sat next to us whispered, and indeed the show was entirely dedicated to a various age of British rock legacies ranging from classy ted’s uniform of Edwardian suits, oversized punk mohair knit paired with pleated kilt (which actually was mashed up with shorts), shimmering gold jacquard ensemble which David Bowie would definitely love (the textile later on was found that it’s made out of Japanese renowned Nishijin-ori artisan…super luxury!!), to a curtain call with the models all dressed in Union Jack T-shirt.
So, is this tight, sexy and British kind of style the new direction of the young talented designer Masanori Morikawa? Well, the only thing we know is that he and his brand is stepping into to the next phase, challenging a presentation in Paris next season. Wishing you the best of luck, my man!
http://www.christiandada.jp
“A place where nobody dared to go, the love that we came to know…”
That’s where we call Xanadu, and indeed the Tokyo’s cutting-edge boutique in a forth floor of cozy building is located in a distance of the heart of Harajuku.
How fast time goes by, it’s been five years after Xanadu Tokyo was first opened in 2009, and ever since we have been obsessed with their sleek and edgy selection of local designers such as sci-fi chic Roggykei, 80s-glamour Tomo Koizumi, favorite of Mademoiselle Carine of ex-EIC of Vogue Paris Nyte, and TRS’s current favorite Dummyhead Depaysemen(even though the brand has gone through a baptism re-naming as Satoko Ozawa, after the name of the designer).
The anniversary party was held in the middle of fashion week at a luminous rooftop bar above thirteen-floors-high of Grandbelle Hotel, where we were welcomed by a dazzling city nightscape of Shinjuku.
Meet the owner of the boutique Tatsuro-au-très-chic or beautiful designer friends drinking champagne. Oh darling, the night was endlessly glamorous just like the dreamy musical…
http://xanadutokyo.jp
LOGO MANIA BOOM IS BACK! What fashion world has gone around comes around, the highly recognized MCM monogram brings the modern creation from Munchen(which the brand name stands after).
Established in 1976 Munchen Germany, the brand’s creation reflected the globalism of the late 70s, and the logo printed luggages were the must-haves for het-setters with a powerful will-mind of liberation, cultural renaissance and modernism.
After two decades of these global-nomad movement, recently the iconic leather gear has been the favorite of pop stars especially among Korean music scene, and finally and officially comes back opening its flagship store in Ginza in April.
The latest “Flower boys in paradise” collection features a series of monogram nags twisted with bright and bold floral motif as well as modern minimalistic(Oo-la-la, we like it!) ready-to-wears.
Check out the campaign film starring fabulous Andrej Pejic, and get ready to make a with-list for the upcoming spring vacation.
http://www.mcmworldwide.com
