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The first fashion week back after a national natural disaster had the potential for rocky shakes, but Tokyo Fashion Week soared on even better than before. Japan’s philosophy on mass destruction is not that of wallowing; they see it as an opportunity to rise greater than before and build anew. The Spring 2012 collections out of Japan rode that theme as an undercurrent. Blossoming out of the sadness and into a optimistically sleek future.
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- W‘s longtime fashion and style editor, Alex White, is leaving the mag to pursue her own projects — possibly including an online magazine — but fear not, fellow obsessive editorial lovers! Vogue contributing editor Edward Enninful — whose recent work includes the stunning “The Blackallure” for Vogue Italia — will take her place starting May 1. White has been with W since 1994 and has helped ease what has been a slightly rocky transition from the Patrick McCarthy to Stefano Tonchi era. According to both White and Tonchi, however, the split is amicable and mutually agreed upon. [WWD]
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Where does Celine‘s hear beat now? In Vegas of course, where she’s been tapped as the town’s one-woman economic stimulus. Also, Emmanuelle Alt‘s cover faux pas and Snooki bodyslams the shit out of life.
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Yesterday night we attended the Japan fashion Week preview which will take place from the 22nd to the 28th of March in Tokyo. Eight designers (Aptform, Chaolu Lab, Mikio Sakabe, Naoshi Sawayanagi, Shida Tatsuya, The dress & Co by Hideaki Sakaguchi, Tiny Dinosaur, and YU) presented pieces from their upcoming collections. This preview really made us want to go to Tokyo for the Japan Fashion Week.
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Edited by Rebecca Alexander
Following our coverage of Y’s Red Label’s unofficial Japan Fashion Week show, Mintdesigns kicked off the official schedule with sleek and muted runway looks. Designers Hokuto Katsui and Nao Yagi’s “Death Pop” theme was a funky take on the ultimate demise of extinction—Steggy and T-Rex bones danced on loose A-line dresses in tones of black and white or blue and pink. These morbid patterns created a whimsical juxtaposition with ultra-feminine details such as ruffles and ribbons.
Meanwhile, Mikio Sakabe and his wife Shueh Jen-Fang stuck to the futuristic and sleek silhouette that brought them into the spotlight at their debut show last season. The tan models marched in blonde bobs wearing tailored pencil skirts and matching long jackets with skinny lapels. “It’s technically a cruise theme, but I was inspired by a ringing sound. You know, when you’ve been out in the sun too long and hear a high metallic pitch in your ear,” explained Sakabe. This “metallic” reach makes sense in the android-esque styling on his catwalk of silver shoes, shiny cellophane woven into the “Chanel” jackets and holographic tubing on neon leggings.
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Japan Fashion Week launched yesterday and the designers who hit the runway showcased some amazing collections which will most likely help usher in a new wave of Japanese fashions on our shores. A city known for it’s quirky tastes, Tokyo played host to Mintdesigns, a strong array of Popsicle stick looking head pieces and patterned ensembles. Parasols lined the runway as models walked down in Hokuto Katsui and Nao Yagi’s designs.
Animal skulls mixed with classic men’s cuts, gingham played nice with short dresses. Overall, a fresh collection of desirables from a new Japanese designer to watch.
Thanks to WWD for having the dough to snap these photos.
