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Macaronic – A/W 2012 – AM 3:00

Rebecca — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:00:08 +0000

What happens at 3am? I think we’ve all been there: a few too many drinks, some suitably dodgy take-away food, and then comes that great idea right around 3 o’clock in the morning – I’ll cut my own hair!/cutting one leg off my trousers would look awesome!/shaving my eyebrows has to be more [...]

How to Dress Like Lady Gaga in Tokyo

Rebecca — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:00:44 +0000

It’s not often we at Tokyo Telephone pay attention to what the ‘slebs are wearing, but there are some people you just can’t ignore. Love her or hate her, Lady Gaga has become a regular on the best-/worst-dressed lists, inspired legions of little monsters to dress up and feel good, and of course [...]

Yoshio Kubo A/W 2012-13 Collection – Technical Textiles

Samuel — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:00:02 +0000

Yoshio Kubo went back to basics for his A/W 2012-13 collection held during Tokyo Fashion Week at the Chichibunomiya rugby stadium. The cold clean outdoors location and stripped back DJing from DJ Krush was a perfect match for a collection that would see conventional outdoors wear refined, and during that remix given fresh [...]

GalaabenD A/W 2012-13 Collection – Life

Samuel — Mon, 14 May 2012 08:00:56 +0000

Recently I have rediscovered my affection for slightly more formal wear by virtue of having to wear a suit regularly for the first time in many years, and the journey back to obsessing about every little detail that it is possible to alter in the suit templete has been a whole lot of [...]

ETW. Vonneguet A/W 2012-13 Collection – The Other Half – Part 2

Samuel — Sun, 13 May 2012 08:00:45 +0000

Having looked at Etw. Vonneguet’s A/W 2012-13 Tokyo Fashion Week runway show yesterday, I thought we would continue on to the showroom and complete the picture. I can’t help but think that in the internet age that we find ourselves in, the [...]

ETW. Vonneguet A/W 2012-13 Collection – Half – Part 1

Samuel — Sat, 12 May 2012 08:00:54 +0000

Etw. Vonneguet is a brand increasingly known for its designer Olga’s differing creative direction and desire to challenge the notion of how a designer relates to their work and their audience. She has taken models walking through the streets of Harajuku in guerrilla exhibitions, presented collection using 3D modeling, created perfumes that accompany each season and was memorably [...]

Ne-Net A/W 2012 – Living Together, Being Together

Rebecca — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:00:04 +0000

The first thing that came to mind when I saw this winter collection from Ne-Net was that some hikers had been on the mushrooms (scroll down, you’ll see!). I think it woud be kind of easy to just write this off as just another ‘wacky’ show, just another crazy catwalk… but I think [...]

Jotaro Saito A/W 2012-13 Collection – Futurism

Samuel — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:00:42 +0000

I have already written about Jotaro Saito’s wonderful A/W 2012-13 Collection for The Japan Times (archived here), but the one thing missing from that coverage is the deluge of images that I can offer you now. It is a Tokyo Fashion Week institution that I still feel truly honored to be part of, [...]

Theatre Products 2012 Archive Collection

Rebecca — Wed, 09 May 2012 08:00:51 +0000

Perhaps it’s the sunshine, perhaps it’s the humidity starting to get to me, but I really have the urge to dress in Theatre (note British spelling) Products-esque clothing recently. I’ve been becoming more and more drawn to these kind of quirky feminine styles over the past couple of months, and it seems I’m [...]

Nusumigui S/S 2012 Wide-Eyed Joy Exhibition in Macaronic

Samuel — Tue, 08 May 2012 08:00:20 +0000

Proving that the term underground fashion need not always apply to the dark and edgy world occupied by Honey’s Dead that we talked about recently is Nusumigui. It is a brand that doesn’t really go in for fashion shows or even particularly seasonal [...]