Okusa once worked for the respected Japanese fashion magazine, Vingtaine. She wrote articles about the latest trends, showcasing luxury clothing worn by perfectly sculpted models. But she always ...

Revolutionary Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake has died aged 84, his company has announced. Known for his innovative styles and perfume, Miyake built a global fashion brand, which included ...

Only a handful of Japanese fashion designers had made names for themselves by that time in Paris, such as Kenzo Takada and Issey Miyake. “I learned I had to be true to what I am, and I put that ...

Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori, nicknamed "Madame Butterfly" for her signature winged motifs, has died. She was 96. She died of old age in her Tokyo home on 11 August and was given a private ...

True blue tradition: how Japan's coveted jeans are made Call it an antidote to fast fashion: Japanese jeans hand-dyed with natural indigo and weaved on a clackety vintage loom, then sold at a premium ...

First released in the late 1980s, high-end French fashion brand Maison Margiela's cloven-hoof-like tabi shoes were inspired by the Japanese footwear of the same name. Designer Martin Margiela said ...