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Wherever I go, my eyes are met by a continuous stream of telegraph poles, nationally standardised guardrails and the same indistinct rows of housing.
A mundane truth. Occasionally though, the essence of an unfamiliar landscape forces itself lucidly to the surface, yet ultimately it's swallowed up into the framework of the ordinary. |
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| As I walked up the stairs, retreating from the outside view of Bryant Park on the cold Spring day, I wondered what I was doing there. Of course, there was the obvious. I was going to see art. And the not-so-obvious, I was going to interview Toko Egawa. |
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What do you miss in Tokyo?
Is there anything you can't find in the City which never sleeps, never stops and never regrets about things left behind?
Maybe miracles or animals? Or opportunity to express your compassion and don't feel embarrassed or somehow used? |
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Something new was born here in Tokyo. Its called "Soft Machine" - the latest fashion collection of intriguing designer Mista Mista.
It stands along among all countless pretty floral trends like black and white monolith.
Short-spoken it is like it's mechanical prototype. Yet carrying the message, many before tried to reach through metal shells. |
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| "My basic work is to make the design first. Then make the pattern...get the materials, like leathers and fabrics. I always go to the fashion district and purchase fabrics and hardware, then start sowing. Or sometimes I completely change it." |
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| In the first week of March, these two giants of the Japanese fashion world joined together and the White Creators Exhibition was born.
Japan-Fashion was invited to report on the event and introduce to you the designers and brands that had gathered to showcase their latest work. |
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| Every bit through mid autumn and continuing well into spring, flirty and expressively tinted tights in Tokyo are paramount. And though tights in bold pigments are nothing new in the fashion game and few dare to flair it to their wardrobes, in Tokyo it is a distinct and palpable fashion staple for the colder months. |
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| An ordinary day in Fall. A dull breeze held my tired outfit by the lapels as I stood waiting opposite a cheap diner on the bustling Jingumae intersection. On an enormous plasma screen above, I could see "them" giving a public performance from an evening just a week earlier. |
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| At least not at first. But the endearing, down-to-earth nature of Char Akiyama's pieces (no doubt coming from the laidback ambience of Japan's northernmost area) are what wins you over. |
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| Stroll along an upscale avenue resembling a Mecca for spendthrift's who hunger for constant fashion evolvement, gaze upon the contemporary facades and sense the ambience of an elegant and trendy, Omotesando Hills - the Champs Elysees of Tokyo. |
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| Cosmic diamonds reappeared in the canvas above and summoned me to a place where drunken friends leapt as one from ancient bridges and young love scattered stones at my window. My very own Erotic City. |
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| For a crash-course in wearing gothi-loli before you click over to Amazon, go to Candy Violet's website. With two ways to go above and beyond dress-up, Vivcore interprets Japanese street through an interesting lens. |
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