“Every f****** day is Halloween every day in Tokyo,” was what blogger and Japanese fashion expert Misha Janette had scrawled out in tape on the back of her fur jacket, which was part of her Halloween costume. That statement might have held more weight ten years ago when you’d regularly see Fruits-esque characters in Harajuku decked out in… Continue reading Kawaii Halloween
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Colours of the Wind of Change Part 2
From the lonesome torii gate that is visible if you take that hilarious pirate ship across the Lake Ashi in Hakone to the thousands that line the sprawling network of shrines at Fushimi Inari-taisha in Kyoto, this is the red-drenched counterpart to the previous green-hued and wabi sabi inspired post. As I moved from Hakone to… Continue reading Colours of the Wind of Change Part 2
Colours of the Wind of Change Part 1
Whilst everybody in fashion-land has been musing on the seemingly breakneck speed of the industry, the overheating of the red hot spotlight on creative directors and the lack of trust between the money-men and the designers, I’ve been in fact, doing my own bit to try and preserve some sanity in my head. I wouldn’t… Continue reading Colours of the Wind of Change Part 1
Kye’s the Limit
Imagine a Seamless or a Deliveroo – food delivery services that I use heavily when in New York and London – collaborating with a fashion designer at say, the level of say, Rodarte or J.W. Anderson on a capsule collection. Sounds weird right? I was scrambling around with a Korean text recognition app on my… Continue reading Kye’s the Limit