October 2011
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KEEPS: 90s Tokyo Fashion →
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“It was against this background that a new movement of street fashion and culture began to gather momentum. Centered around a small area of Harajuku, a rag-tag collection of young designers and retailers began to make their mark on Tokyo’s landscape of fashion and culture. Known by Japanese fashion press as the “Ura-Harajuku movement”, the group was spearheaded by designers,...
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Trend Watch: Cargo Pants
Count me guilty as someone who’s coming around to an item of clothing I never thought I could dig: cargo pants. It seems like every brand is doing some variation of them lately, so here are my picks.
5351 Pour les Hommes — Wool Surge Cargo Pants — ¥24,150
The black wool blend fabric provides a lot of depth while keeping coordination options open, and there’s both a...
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A trip to 109 men's - The Wild Party continues
The last time I heard about 109 men’s was back in April, through this article on Tokyo Telephone about the redesign. I couldn’t be more excited about them ditching some of the garish excess and striking a more mature tone for the onii-kei mecca. It seemed like the perfect rebirth after Patrick Macias’ 2010 obituary, and chimed well with Buffalo Bobs splitting off into three...
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