You might have seen from my Instagram that Seoul has been treating me well. Too well. Stuffed full of kimchi (more varieties here than I ever imagined), fuelled by people's enthusiasm for fashion here and giddy with rando encounters with K-Pop stars, I've been more than a bit distracted. As Tokyo Fashion Week came to… Continue reading Ghosts of Childhood's Past
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You've been Disco-ed
>> State the bleedin’ obvious why don’t you, Susie. Disco Nail? Why, it’s a veritable mecca for nail art enthusiasts. Except I’m slow and wasn’t in the know until this trip to Tokyo that Nagisa Kaneko aka “Nagi” and her Disco Nail salon in Shibuya take nail art to a whole new outer-stratospheric level, that I… Continue reading You've been Disco-ed
Hara Update
>> I thought it would make sense to segue in from Shibuya 109 over to Harajuku’s Dog as it continues to be all things Tokyo around here. I’ve still got plenty of the shows to write about but of course, so much of what’s brilliant about Tokyo’s fashion scene isn’t to be found in a… Continue reading Hara Update
Shibuya 109 Makeover
The whisperings, raised eyebrows and knowing looks had started to exchange between Tommy Ton and our unofficial guide slash translator around Tokyo, Sato. There was apparently a “secret” mission to make me over into a “Shibuya 109” girl at some point during our trip, as an *ahem* earnest endeavour to gain insight into Japanese style… Continue reading Shibuya 109 Makeover