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Vena Cava for Uniqlo Launches Tomorrow: Sneak Peek Here

Jessica Lapidos — Wed, 11 May 2011 17:49:27 +0000

Some fashion news we can afford to hear about: Vena Cava for Uniqlo launches tomorrow! The much anticipated collaboration kicks off May 12th, at the Uniqlo in Soho tomorrow with the delicate beauty you’d expect from the design duo of Lisa Mayock and Sophie Buhai. They’ve mixed their soft eye with the technologically advanced and well-priced fabrications of the major Japanese brand.

This collaboration is part of Uniqlo’s initiative to celebrate New York designers. Costello Tagliapietra and Charlotte Ronson have launched collabs there in the last month, and we saw Philip Lim there over the winter.

Each piece is no more than $29.90 – a freaking steal for any of these coveted designers! So thanks Uniqlo for making their stunning aesthetic available for a price that doesn’t jeopardize our first borns.

Check out the line at Uniqlo.

Win A Pair Of Tickets To Fashion School

McArthur Joseph — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:46:29 +0000

The Museum at FIT here in NYC is giving away a pair of tickets to Japan Fashion Now Symposium 2010. Keep reading to find out how to win.

All you have to do is tweet @FashionIndie with the phrase “I want to go to Fashion School” These tickets go for $100 each and are being giving to you free courtesy of Sokenbicha.

This is going to be a spectacular exhibition and FI”s very own Daniel Saynt will be in the building.

For more info on the exhibition check out The Museum at FIT’s website.

Comme des Garcons Website

The Fashion Web — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:35:44 +0000

Here is some welcoming news from within the fashion world with world renowned Japanese house Comme des Garcons launching their very own website. Highlighting a number of projects from recent years with the likes ofMondongo, The Quay Brothers along with the recent project with Ai Weiwei. This makes for …

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Won Hundred Spring/Summer 2011 Lookbook

The Fashion Web — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:10:21 +0000

Won Hundred SS11 Won Hundred’s ss11 collection is inspired by a study of long black silhouettes created by different objects that cast a deformed shadow. Like walking in the sun, when your silhouette looks two meter long in the shadow that falls on the pavement. These elongated lines are…

LINK:http://denimaniac.com/2010/09/28/won-hundred-springsummer-2011-lookbook/

Won Hundred Spring/Summer 2011 Lookbook

The Fashion Web — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:10:21 +0000

Won Hundred SS11 Won Hundred’s ss11 collection is inspired by a study of long black silhouettes created by different objects that cast a deformed shadow. Like walking in the sun, when your silhouette looks two meter long in the shadow that falls on the pavement. These elongated lines are a…

LINK:http://denimaniac.com/2010/09/28/won-hundred-springsummer-2011-lookbook/

Vera Wang Spring RTW 2011

The Fashion Web — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:43:39 +0000

Vera Wang doesn’t need to be reminded that she’s not the only Wang in town these days. “There’s an Asian invasion going on,” she said during a preview a few days before her spring show. “And I’m the grandmother.” All self-deprecation aside, Wang is celebrating her…

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Rodarte Goes Back to Their Roots for Spring 2011

lookbooks — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:08:54 +0000

It’s always interesting to find out what inspires the Mulleavy sisters . In the past, they have credited Japanese horror movies. It looks like they’re taking a more wholesome and organic inspiration this time around for spring 2011 . The L.A. based designer duo envisioned Northern California : giant Redwood trees, Big…

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Take Ivy Redux

The Fashion Web — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:47:10 +0000

In 1965, a Japanese magazine publisher sent photographer Teruyoshi Hayashida to Ivy League schools in the United States where he took a series of candid campus photographs that were later assembled into Take Ivy , a now-iconic ethnography that will be released in English for the first time by PowerHouse Books…

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365 Project: Day 9 & 10

The Fashion Web — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:11:01 +0000

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Day 9: My new boots! I adore them.

Day 10: My super cute Japanese tea set a friend got me.

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J Crew on Business Week

The Fashion Web — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:03:13 +0000

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We always enjoy reading about the behind the scenes at J Crew and this week Business Week has a fun read. Here’s an excerpt:

Through dozens of innovative partnerships, Frank Muytjens is putting J.Crew menswear front and center … Drexler, 65, has long been admired for his obsessiveness, and in Muytjens, 50, he has found his ideal employee. Clad in a vintage Japanese work shirt and perfectly weathered 10-year-old Levi’s cuffed over J.Crew’s own brown Sperry Top-Siders, Muytjens is tall and slim with a silver pompadour. He grew up in Holland and moved to New York in 1994 to establish himself as a designer. After working at Polo Ralph Lauren (RL) for eight years, he landed at J.Crew in 2004. In 2008 he took over as head of men’s design. Now he’s leading the brand’s transformation—a gradual updating and upscaling of its preppy look that began when Drexler joined the company in 2003….

Read the full story here.

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Fashion: From the Streets of Tokyo

The Fashion Web — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:10:38 +0000

Gwen Stefani’s dolled-up Harajuku Girls are so 2004. Today’s Japanese street-chic style works an urban bohemian vibe in which layering and prints are key, whether paisley and plaid sundresses thrown over T-shirt shirts or a cropped denim vest over a two-tone tank.

(WWD)

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Cats In Adorably Fashionable Outfits Is The New Black

The Fashion Web — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:47:22 +0000

Cat ladies got the ball rolling, United Bamboo co-opted it into a calendar, and now cats in full outfits is seizing the fashion world by storm. Takako Isawa, a Japanese cat lover, has just released her book Fashion Cats, a compendium of pictures of her cats in outfits she herself made. This comes on the heels of United Bamboo finally releasing human versions of the dresses featured in the aforementioned calendar. It’s a cat revolution. A catvolution.

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Can You Spot Which Bootie Sandal Is Steve Madden And Which Is Jessica Simpson?

The Fashion Web — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:00:40 +0000

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Yukari.

The Fashion Web — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:16:06 +0000

F.Y.I(inspiration).

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Jessica Simpson’s Printed Maxis Look Like Picnic Blankets, Not Dresses

The Fashion Web — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:00:17 +0000

You can tell Jessica Simpson is from Texas, because she definitely prescribes to the “bigger is better” mentality – even when it comes to her summer dresses. Simpson looked like a big ole fool, in our opinion, in these oversize, tent-like patterned maxi dresses.

What she did wrong:

Patterns are great and so are maxi dresses, but avoid combining the two. Either opt for a patterned cocktail style, or a solid colored maxi.

These massive dresses do nothing to show off her toned legs and large bust. She looks more like a sack of potatoes, than the sexy Daisy Duke-wearer we once knew.

What she should have done:

Instead of Look 1:

Since Jess clearly loves patterns and this bold, bright orange color, she should try a shorter, less-baggy style like this adorable, fitted Billabong Darling dress ($39.50).

If Jessica was a heartset on a maxi style, she should have gone with this bright, flattering ASOS Jersey Grecian Maxi Beach dress ($50.54) in a solid color.

Instead of Look 2:

Maxi dresses are great because they hide all sins. You don’t need to look like you’re swimming in fabric, though; try this Daftbird Racerback Tank dress ($124). It is super comfy yet still body con and somehow slimming.

Since we know Jessica loves her prints – including the green tiger concoction above – we found her this amazing Diane von Furstenberg Crinkle printed dress ($325). You just can’t go wrong with a ladylike DVF dress.

See all of our sales and deals, plus all of the best summer dresses, maxi dresses, sunglasses, nude shoes, wedges, and clogs. Then check out our guide to this week’s online sample sales.

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A Dose of (capsule) NY: Riviera Club

The Fashion Web — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:40:41 +0000

Rivieria Club of Santa Barbara has always done a wonderful job of blending the past and present – a look at the Fall 2010 collection’s resurrection of the 1950’s outing club proves that Creative Director Joe Sadler and Company have a knack for navigating history in a modish fashion. Every piece lends an air of California repose, some intangible quality of aplomb that seems to disappear more and more in the daily hustle. The modern aesthete will want to take a gander at Riviera Club’s SS11 collection, as wardrobe staples are sure to be plentiful. Sadler explains the inspiration he found in the annals of Baja California in a pre-(capsule) interview, after the jump.

What’s the inspiration behind the SS11 collection?

The life and writings of Ray Cannon and the Golden Age of Baja California. 1947-1977.

What are some concepts, movements, era, people, music etc that have impacted the design of the collection and why?

In 1947 only a single, 70-mile highway paved the Mexican peninsula from Tijuana to Ensenada. A pre-tourist era, before luxury hotels, resorts, and sport fishing fleets. This is where Ray Cannon left a successful Hollywood career, for a legendary fishing romance in unspoiled Mexico.

Spring Summer 2011 draws inspiration from Ray’s sport fishing columns on the Sea of Cortez for Western Outdoor News, and the rustic palette of local ox carts, cacti, sunsets and sailing canoes.

The desert palette revisits washed out sun-drenched colors of red dust, turquoise and chalk blue, contrasted by a more refined black and white delivery.

What do you expect will be some key items in the collection?

Vintage cut Japanese selvedge denim is introduced into the collection.

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Dickies featuring Undercover, Number (N)ine and Sacai

The Fashion Web — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:12:32 +0000

Here is a look inside a compelling collection from Dickies that includes some leading names in Japanese fashion with Undercover, Number (N)ine and Sacai. With ech name applying there own unique touch to the authentic work wear line this makes for a compelling collection.

Thanks to Fashionsnap for the info.

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PARTNER: REVIEW DAY 2 // OPTIMUS ALIVE!10

The Fashion Web — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:17:58 +0000

Depois de um
primeiro dia em que cerca de 38 mil pessoas
encheram o recinto à beira Tejo do Optimus Alive! 10, o alinhamento não
podiam
ter começado melhor.

After a first day, in which about 38 000 people filled the the Optimus Alive! 10, the alignment could not have gotten better.

Embora o público não estivesse em número suficiente para
fazer justiça a uma das bandas a manter debaixo de olho segundo a BBC, os
britânicos Hurts entusiasmaram os
presentes com a sua pop-sinfónica a la New Order ou Spadau Ballet. Acompanhados
por um cantor de ópera, Adam e Theo, a dupla impecavelmente vestida de
Manchester, fez desfilar alguns temas fortes do seu ainda curto percurso, como
o maravilhoso Wonderful Life, Blood, Tears & Gold ou Stay. Entre outros
registos foi sendo apresentado o álbum Happiness , que o grupo irá editar em
Setembro. Não deixa de ser um título curioso, dado o tom nostálgico e
melancólico que abraçam as suas melodias, mesmo no powerpop vintage dançável de
Better Than Love, que os próprios descrevem como ‘música de dança para a
depressão’.

O rock com inspirações new-wave cantava-se agora no
feminino. Os londrinos New Young Pony Club, com a aguerrida Tahita Bulmer a
segurar as rédeas de uma assistência que afluiu em peso ao Palco Super Bock,
foi largando algumas bombas dos álbuns Fantastic Playroom e The Optimist, bem recebidas por uma
multidão aos pulos. Chaos, Ice Cream e Get Lucky fizeram as delícias de todos,
mas The Bomb fechou num final gigantesco. Não há dúvidas que a banda ganhou uma
legião de fans desde a última vez em Portugal no Festival Paredes de Coura.

Mas as energias estavam claramente a ser guardadas para
outro peso-pesado do indie-rock, os Gossip. O trio, liderado pela simpática
Beth Ditto, já não é novo em palcos portugueses e a lotação esgotada de uma
tenda a rebentar pelas costuras comprova que podem voltar, e desta vez no palco
principal. Ditto, no seu vestido justo tie-dye é um furacão de energia e voz
carregada de soul, que descontraidamente comparei a Aretha Franklin em versão
punk. Com uma intensidade monstruosa, o concerto iniciou-se com o explosivo
Standing in The Way of Control e desenvolveu-se em ritmos acelerados e litros
de suor com hits decorados a preceito como Pop Goes the World, Love Long
Distance, Men in Love.

Como uma máquina bem oleada a vocalista, agora de toalha
na cabeça como se tivesse saído do duche, ainda nos brindou com um What’s Love
Got To Do With It ou Phsycho Killer, clássicos originais de Tina Turner e
Talking Heads. O arrepiante Heavy Cross
chegou mesmo a tempo para ser cantado num final estrondoso com o público a
encher o palco de calor e abraços a Beth Ditto, que se despediu com um meio
cafona I Will Always Love You, da diva em declínio Whitney Houston.

Terminada a eufórica actuação, debandada geral para recolher
as velhas glórias dos anos 90 com Skin e os seus, quase acessórios, Skunk Anansie.
A estrela do clit-rock continua em grande (chegou mesmo a andar sobre o
público, como no milagre das águas). Imparável na sua performance num concerto
mais virado para o pesado que para o baladeiro e que tentou re-conquistar a sua
velha posição com alguma dificuldade. Uma actuação para satisfazer o saudosismo
em canções como Brazen, Charity, 100 Ways to Be a Good Girl e Hedonism (Just
Because You Feel Good), já em encore.

Para trás esperava-se Deftones, mas voltámos ao Palco Super
Bock, definitivamente o nosso favorito, para abraçar as batidas electrónicas de
dentes afiados dos The Bloody Beetroots – Death Crew 77. Escondidos por trás
das suas máscaras negras de homem-aranha, a dupla soltou as suas guitarras e
sintetizadores ferozes, numa performance que nos atingiu como uma descarga
eléctrica implacável. Um concerto agressivo, pujante e de cadência insana
impróprio para cardíacos. Tão louco que até houve que surgisse a dançar
totalmente nú em ombros para gáudio da audiência.

O americano de descendência japonesa, que também surgiu em
algumas músicas da banda anterior, não poupou os mais fracos com o seu techno
maximal que agitou os resistentes deste segundo dia de festival.

Daqui a pouco há mais. Espera-se um recinto a transbordar
para assistir a Pearl Jam, LCD Soundsystem, Simian Mobile Disco, entre outros. Até já!

BY PEDRO

LIMA // IN www.stereobeatbox.com

// SEE MORE // REVIEW DAY 1 // OPTIMUS ALIVE!10

Although the public was
not sufficient to do justice to one of the bands to keep an eye
according to the BBC, the British Hurts enthusiastic attendees with
their pop-symphonic a la New Order or Spadau Ballet. Accompanied by an opera
singer, and Theo Adam, the impeccably dressed duo from Manchester, made
some themes of the parade still short their journey, as the wonderful
Wonderful Life, Blood, Tears & Gold or Stay. Among other records it
was being presented the album Happiness, the group will change in
September. It remains a curious
title since the nostalgic and melancholic tone that hug their melodies,
even danceable vintage powerpop Better Than Love, who describe
themselves as 'Dance Music for Depression'.

The rock inspirations
with new-wave sang up in females. The London New Young Pony
Club, with stiffer Tahiti Bulmer holding the reins of an assistance
that poured in weight to the Stage Super Bock was dropping some bombs of
the albums and Fantastic Playroom The Optimist, welcomed by a crowd
pounding. Chaos, Ice Cream and Get
Lucky made the delight of everyone, but The Bomb closed a huge final. There is no doubt that
the band gained a legion of fans since the last time in Portugal at the
Festival Paredes de Coura.

But the energies were
clearly being saved for another heavyweight indie-rock, the Gossip. The trio, led by Beth
Ditto nice, not new stage in the Portuguese and the sellout of a tent
bursting at the seams proves that they can return, this time on the main
stage. Ditto, just dress on your
tie-dye is a hurricane of energy and a voice full of soul, which
relaxed compared to Aretha Franklin's version of punk. With a monstrous
strength, the concert began with the explosive Standing in the Way of
Control and has developed apace, and gallons of sweat hits decorated
with the precept as Pop Goes the World, Long Distance Love, Men in Love.

Like a well oiled machine
the singer, now towel on his head as if he had left the shower, even
offered us a What's Love Got To Do With It or Phsycho Killer, original
classics of Tina Turner and Talking Heads. The chilling Heavy Cross
arrived just in time to be sung in a final smash with the public to fill
the stage of heat and hugs Beth Ditto, who parted with a half geek I
Will Always Love You, declining diva Whitney Houston.

After the euphoric
action, stampede to collect the old glories of the '90s with Skin and
its almost accessories, Skunk Anansie. The star of the clit-rock
is still in great (even got to ride on the public, as in the miracle of
water). Unstoppable in their
performance on a concert for the more upset for the party every heavy
and tried to re-conquer his old position with some difficulty. Acting to satisfy the
nostalgia on songs like Brazen, Charity, 100 Ways to Be a Good Girl and
Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good), already in encore.

Back was expected
Deftones, but we returned to the Stage Super Bock, definitely our
favorite, to embrace the electronic beats of sharp teeth of The Bloody
Beetroots – Death Crew 77. Hidden behind their masks
of black spider-man, the duo released their fierce guitars and
synthesizers, a performance that struck us as an electric discharge
relentless. A concert aggressive,
vigorous and insanely unsuitable for cardiac pacing. So crazy that was until
they came up dancing completely naked shoulders in delight of the
audience.

The American of Japanese
descent, who also appeared in some songs the band before, did not spare
the weakest with its maximal techno that shook the tough second day of
this festival.

In a little more. It is hoped a venue to
overflowing to watch Pearl Jam, LCD Soundsystem, Simian Mobile Disco,
among others. Until now!

BY PEDRO

LIMA // IN www.stereobeatbox.com

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PARTNER: Ring The Alarm: Beyonce Escapes Nearly Fatal Car Accident Unharmed

The Fashion Web — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:00:11 +0000

While being chauffeured to a Japanese restaurant named Zuma in London to meet hubby Jay-Z, R&B sensation Beyonce decided to detour to Harrods for a little shopping when she was surprisingly involved in a car accident. The singer’s car was struck by a black taxi cab, and according to an eye witness, the taxi appeared from nowhere. Although Bey was unharmed, the silver Mercedes S Class door was ripped off its hinges. As of right now, no further details have been revealed.

Image courtesy of sohh.com

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PARTNER: Three Over One S/S 2011 Lookbook

The Fashion Web — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:00:33 +0000

Three Over One SS11

Heavily inspired by the photography of Irvin Penn, particularly his 1951 series “Small Trades”, where he photographed a wide range of people in a stark studio environment wearing their everyday working attire, Australia’s Three Over One spring/summer 2011 collection continues with designer Jim Thompson celebration of the working man in a range of rugged yet elegant menswear.

The collection consists of unstructured tailoring with cropped fitted jackets and pleated relaxed fitting pants. Denim jeans are in the best Japanese Selvedge qualities with authentic fits and styling. Shirts are in soft washed linens and cottons and knits are influenced by vintage under garments and early athletic wear.

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mastermind JAPAN Fall/Winter 2010 Collection

The Fashion Web — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:27:35 +0000

Here is the first look at what we can expect from luxury label mastermind JAPAN with another very astute collection that surrounds much of the roots of the label. A collection that consists of classic items provided with a distinctive touch that is often associated with the skull motif the Japanese label is renowned for.

Images from Swagger Dap via HS.

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The new generation of designers are born…

The Fashion Web — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:00:00 +0000

It was Graduate Fashion Week last week, it did take me by surprise in a way. The students from South-East Asia really impressed me. The Japanese has recognition in the fashion world we all know that, but now the Chinese and Koreans have gained a positive reception. Read more here.

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Watches" "A Conscious Message"

The Fashion Web — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:03:54 +0000

Red8World—the newest watch brand on the market—has something to say. Conceived of and developed by watch veteran Christian Bédat (who is behind the brand that bears his name), Red8World watches are designed to communicate philosophical concepts like interracial harmony, love and eco-consciousness—all depicted via interlinked words written on each watch’s bezel.

The six different messages come in different color combinations of case, bezel and dial. One watch features the words EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA and AMERICA; another shows BLACK, YELLOW, WHITE and RED8. Other bezels feature PEACE, LOVE, BOY, GIRL; OX, TIGER, HARE, DRAGON; BROWN, GREEN, PLANET, EARTH; and NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST. Hoping to create a cultlike following, Bédat priced the watches reasonably ($880). The caseback is engraved with the words DESIGNED ON EARTH, PRODUCED IN ASIA.

“Basically I’m saying, Who gives a damn where it is designed?” says Bédat. “The fact is it’s a global watch. The movement is Japanese, it’s produced in China, the website is designed in Korea and it’s shipped out of Switzerland, where I live.”

Details include 42mm round stainless steel or PVD (black, gray, brown) cases, interchangeable rubber straps and Japanese-made, self-winding, eco-auto-quartz “I-matic” movements, which require no replacement batteries.

(vegasmagazine.com)

I love Christian’s design concept…Why not look fashionable and convey a positive message at the same time!

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Designer Discovery: Steampunk

Kirby Marzec — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:24 +0000

I’ll admit it, these Japanese 19th century inspired wrist-watches by Steampunk have got to be the craziest things I’ve seen in a long time. Talk about hardware! These watches incorporate materials from leather to metals like copper and even foam pieces! Although many of the artisanal pieces are a bit impractical to wear on a daily basis, we must agree that these watches have a very appealing aesthetic! They might look straight out of Disney’s animated move The Rescuers, but I wouldn’t mind seeing a brave soul sport one of these crazy time pieces!

Thanks Gizmodo!