Craftspeople in Okayama Prefecture are carrying on a centuries-old tradition of indigo dyeing that contrasts with ...

U.S. fashion chain Forever 21 re-entered the Japanese market on Feb. 21 with plans to reinvent itself after pulling out of the country four years ago amid criticism and competition from internet ...

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and it's certainly no different when it comes to Japanese fashion. Ask any fashion insider and they will likely wax lyrical about Rei Kawakubo, founder of Comme des Garçons and Dover Street Market and ...

Ai Hoshino from Oshi no Ko will be featured on the cover of SPUR's February 2025 issue. Mengo Yokoyari designed the artwork ...

The market for Japanese jeans "has grown in the last 10 to 15 years", said Michael Pendlebury, a tailor operating a repair ...

Not a “Lolita” in the Nabokovian sense, the woman was an adult dressed in Lolita fashion, a style of dress popularized in ...

On their X account, SPUR released the full cover of their February 2025 issue featuring Ai. The post translates to, "The first appearance of Ai of B-Komachi from the manga Oshi no Ko, which was ...

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 ...

With a series of exclusive pop-ups, specialty stores, and collaborative spaces, LaLaport BBCC is the mall that promises ...