Edited by Lester Brathwaite
It seems like you can’t turn on the radio, or more realistically open up your Pandora, without hearing some serious name-dropping in your favorite tunes. But label-whoring in lyrics goes way back in the day before Kanye West was the Louis Vuitton Don and Gwen Stefani‘s Harajuku-mania.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
Japanese style is so sleek. It’s no secret; they’re adventurous with minimalism, wild about layers, playfully curious with new silhouettes. Now we can shop Japan’s Soho equivalents, Shibuya and Harajuku online. ZOZOTOWN.com is one of the biggest Japanese fashion webstores and is now available in the U.S. and 81 other countries around the world. With over 500,000 items updated daily from over 700 top Japanese brands, you know you’re going to get a healthy mix of indie designers, flourishing labels and stunning finds. And there’s a giant winter sale on NOW! 80% off! Check out some of our favorite finds after the jump.
Edited by Hillary Frazier
This CSM ’09 collection is very Harajuku-inspired, something I’m sure Gwen Stefani would go crazy over. I can’t say this is stuff that I’d actually wear, but it’s definitely creative.
GALLERY: Central Saint Martins ’09
SOURCE: Dazed Digital
Edited by Hillary Frazier
Contrary to my typical opinion, Emma Bell managed to create a fall line acceptable for all black and white lovers. Praised by many blogger users, Bell has linked together a gothic, Harajuku-esque line to excite the fashion taste buds of the springtime black wearers all around. Modesty is clearly out the window with hamburger pasties and floral tights, but I think this may be a good thing. What I’m dying to find: a guy who is confident enough to wear canary yellow pants with a wolf painted on them. Wearable art to the extreme, Bell’s pink and blue reflective-raver throw-up brings a good change to the typical black-white-gray of fall.
Edited by Amanda Gabriele
What started out as a hole-in-the-wall retail space has developed into a worldwide street wear icon. A BATHING APE began as a Harajuku trend and soon after sold out in Japan as it became a Gen-Y cult favorite. Nigo’s clothing and footwear brand is a favorite of the street wear obsessed, and the infamous gorilla logo has become globally recognized. A BATHING APE is coveted by many, as the limited quantities are sold only in Nigo’s boutiques in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, London and Japan. Fifteen years after the first line of A BATHING APE t-shirts was introduced, a coffee table book featuring Nigo’s iconic designs on clothing, toys and shoes along with his work for stores, graphic design and food packaging. Fo all you street wear lovers out there, this is one you don’t want to miss.
Edited by Saynt
H & M Japanese stores are the first to see the Commes des Garcons’ collection. The launch has been greatly anticipated, with the ?rst customers lining up outside the new H&M store in Harajuku, Tokyo this past Saturday. Check out the video.
Thanks DesignBoom
Edited by Saynt
Gwen Stefani’s harajuku inspired sound is making it’s way over to the states and there’s little the No Doubt songstress can do to control it. I’ve been secretly forming a sound crush over the bandmates at Polysics, who are producing bubble gummy/electric pop that can only be described as ear sugar. Listen and try not to feel the need to get up and rave.
