March 11, 2010
Daniel Shibata is a Japanese Visual Designer that works for the design group WOW in Japan. This video called “Shinakansen ver.2″ (From Shinosaka to Tokyo), it was shot with an Olympus PEN(EP-1) with an M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 17mm Lens. It shows his journey in an interesting way, creating spectacular shapes from everyday objects that you see in the city.
The Shinkansen, also …
March 8, 2010
Kitsuné Maison opened this temporary store on Omotesando in Tokyo, which is stocking shoes, shirts, and other apparel.
“The key idea behind the store is to introduce Kitsuné’s universe, which is not only made of their music, for which they have an enormous following, but also of the more subtle and high class world of Kitsuné fashion collections, graphics and …
March 6, 2010
As part of his “Spike Spends Saturday With…” series for VBS.TV, Spike takes a look behind the scenes at Opening Ceremony through the owners eyes. Carol and Humberto have been best friends since their Sophomore year at Berkeley, once they graduated both of them decided to start a store with the idea that it would become a hangout for there …
January 5, 2010
Selectism gave me the idea to post this up, so i have to give credit to them.
This article by The New York Times is based on one of Japan’s biggest problems, not being able to get hold of Japanese clothing outside of the country itself. It can be a real brain puzzler why they don’t expand into foreign markets, …
November 25, 2009
Japan’s Bedwin produced a film for its Fall 2009 ‘Rain Dog’ collection. This clip here is just a taster, the video was produced in New York by Kunichi Nomura and directed by David Perez Shadi. I would recommend heading over to the Bedwin Site to view the whole thing. They have definitely taken a new angle with the theme. …
October 15, 2009
Head Porter have released some new products for fall 2009 again, this time its a bunch of accessories for the Lesson Collection. They have taken inspiration from the Japanese School Girl Plaid, and have placed it across wallets and other accessories. You will find these in Head Porter Retailers and soon in their Online Store.
October 13, 2009
All these Japanese brands keep popping up on the site, probably because they do the best job of making clothing, some exceptions of course, but here we present the Swagger 2009 Autumn/Winter Lookbook. This collection goes by the name of “TOKYO is YOURS”, which may be taken from the Nas track “The World is Yours”. Interestingly in this series of …
October 12, 2009
So we bring you a new release from Japanese Brand White Mountaineering, this Azurite Hi is a Velcro strapped shoe made of suede that comes in Blue, Green and Natural. On the side of the shoe we see a tree logo, and on the tongue there is also branding. One thing i want to bring forward is the mold on …
October 11, 2009
Recently around the internet there have been lots of rumors about a SOPH./A.P.C. collaboration, here we finally see a final product come to light. This is the 10th Anniversary Coach Jacket that comes in three color ways, Black, Red and Grey. It features a front print showing a Roman numeral for Ten Years, on the back the print reads “fuck …
October 10, 2009
I decided to throw up a post about KAWS, his work over the years and some imagery to go alongside it. KAWS was born Brian Donnelly in Jersey City, New Jersey. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration in 1996. After graduation, KAWS briefly worked for Disney as …