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Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think I’ve mentioned Jouetie here before, right? Jouetie is yet another Mark-Styler brand (the company behind Emoda, Murua, Dazzlin, etc), “produced” by Ami and Aya who have an insanely cute blog. As far as I’m aware, it’s the only M-S brand to be located in La Foret, rather than the usual 109/Lumine/Alta department stores, but that goes to show the strength of Jouetie’s brand image.
It’s a bit of a shame it’s taken me this long to get around to talking about Jouetie, as I always make sure to swing by whenever I’m trotting [...]
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There are certain brands that I am always a bit cautious about writing about here on Tokyo Telephone, not because the brand itself can be touchy (in this case a nicer group of people you are unlikely to meet), but because the fans can be. Takahiro Miyashita’s The SoloIst has to be one of the best examples in Japanese menswear of fashion that creates fanatics, in this case appealing to those who want to take casual streetwear to its logical conclusion. There may never be an obvious standout point in a given collection or amongst the tiny Aoyama flagship that is packed with one-offs and remakes, [...]
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Geek chic in Japan has always been a very different beast from that in the West, potentially because Japanese character designers have a tendency to incorporate actual fashion trends in the designs (best example: Tetsuya Nomura). Certainly apart from the cliched images of Otaku beloved by the Japanese media, those fans of games, manga and anime who take their sartorial calls from the commodity in question tend to dress quite well, after all they are inspired by a character who in turn was inspired by a designers creation. As it happens in recent years the increasingly stylish denizens of Akihabara have hi-jacked Onii-kei fashion and Visual-kei fashion to such an extent that [...]
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Gimlet, for spring & summer 2011 have stuck to their brand image, and further developed their take on ‘blogger style‘ – and I have to say that I rather like it.
Blogger style has been steadily growing in popularity in Japan over the past couple of years; not really surprising considering the meteoric rise of fashion blogs and bloggers as personalities. There’s been a real shift from community-based blogging to individual sites, and it seems that almost everyone has their own blog these days. I’d really love to get stuck in to why this has happened, but hey – let’s focus on the fashion! Blogger [...]
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Jewelna Rose is familiar to those who like pretty bags. ‘Nuff said. Well, okay, maybe not quite enough. Jewelna Rose has made a name for itself among the fashionable young ladies of Japan who like to read CanCam, JJ and Ray magazines while they sip lattes and trot around with Eiffel tower print scarves. The last part of that sentence was mostly conjecture, but I think you get the general idea about Jewelna Rose’s consumer demographic.
In keeping with the current reason trend of all things 70′s inspired (denim, white shirts, floppy hats, retro chic, etc), Jewelna Rose’s collection for this summer, featuring Rinka, is [...]
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Another new Japanese fashion brand making it’s début here at Tokyo Telephone – get ready for Gyda!
The concept behind Gyda as stated on their homepage is “We will make you sexy hot mama with the items that is simple and body concious… But still be funky with all the catchy bling bling…” so, um, make of that what you can! What I will say is that Gyda, produced by Yuria Kushido, has quite a distinct identity in a ShibuHara kind of way – part gyaru, part rock, part street; it’s an interesting cross-section of influences that does well not to alienate any particular fashion subculture too much. [...]
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Another new new brand to make an appearance at La Foret in Tokyo’s uber-cool Harajuku district, The Hep Star fits in like they’ve always been there – and with their signature Shibu-Hara style it’s easy to see why. There’s lots to love here for fans of punk style, girly fashion and even couture-inspired mode.
Produced by the team behind Suiren, The Hep Star’s philosophy is “highly fun and highly affordable”, giving it’s customers the “freedom to create your own look” – you can read the full statement here – it’s pretty inspiring stuff, and really plays into the idea that people don’t want [...]
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When I first flipped through WC‘s new spring catalogue, the idea of ‘new vintage‘ or non-vintage vintage as in the title did tickle me rather pink. Over the past couple of years vintage & retro clothing has been a huge influence on Japanese street fashion with everything from antique dolly kei to high-end retro designer wear popping up on street snap websites and in street style bibles Fruits and Tune magazines. Of course, vintage does have its downsides – what immediately comes to mind is a little shop on Brick Lane in London that I had to make a sharp exit from, such was the musty smell of the [...]
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OI! Samuel and I love a bit of punk, particularly its ripped and riotous aesthetics, and of course Japan’s street fashion fans do too.
Punk is generally accepted to have originated in the UK (and US) in the 1970s (cue Tokyo Telephone operators tooting our British horn – we are English after all!), and became iconic for two reasons: music and fashion. Malcolm McLaren became the bridge between the two; as well as managing the infamous band the Sex Pistols, McLaren and his girlfriend Vivienne Westwood opened a clothing shop called Let it Rock, later renamed as SEX, Seditionaries, and World’s End. Westwood’s designs featuring rips & tears, provocative symbols [...]
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From the designer who brought 5351 Pour Les Hommes to international acclaim, you can surely only expect continuing greatness from the heir to the Japanese street fashion throne’s own brand – Shellac. It must be said that there are various points of similarity between those two brands, to the point where you could easily attribute any given item of clothing to either brand, but seeing as they are both respectively at the top of their games, there is literally nothing to complain about.
I titled this “real clothes” because I think this kind of design and production represents the best that the “real clothes” movement in Japan has to offer, and it is also [...]
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Not satisfied with rocking mens, kids and even Zoot suits, Juvenile Delinquent has finally got in on the women’s fashion scene. Think the usual JD Japanese patterns and high quality denim but sized for a fairly neutral B-girl influenced silhouette. Needless to say there are some pretty feminine prints in the collection, but this is a very much the same JD we know and love just appropriately re-sized.
I am pretty much sold on the look and looking forward to seeing the range expand. I think it would be great to have a dedicated women’s shop in Shibuya as JD played a blinder by separating their [...]
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Sometimes individual fashion items that we focus on here at Tokyo Telephone get lost in the deluge of enthusiasm that justifiably accompanies our posts, so Rebecca and I thought it would be a good idea to really focus in on something that just happens to be on our minds that day – hence the short and sweet - teletxts.
Recently I have been all about brass detailing on leather and denim. Unless it is sterling silver all other detailing just wears away till it is copper or brass anyway, so I am all about cutting out the cheap plating and keeping it honest and real from the start:
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