Today, designers take inspiration from traditional styles ... sense through a new wave of local fashion in step with modern lifestyles. While seemingly Japanese, the coat's three-dimensional ...

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"Japanese society tells women they ... the areas where she and other women fell short in traditional senses, they should create their own fashion based on their strengths. She realized that ...

On site, Yoshiharu Okamoto gently dips cotton strings into a tub of deep blue liquid, which stains his hands and nails as he ...

Yamamoto was known for his colourful creations and incorporating traditional Japanese designs into fashion. "In my eyes, my father was not only the eclectic and energetic soul that the world knew ...

KORIYAMA, Fukushima Prefecture--Surprisingly, permanent museums dedicated to Japanese-style traditional clothing are rarely found in Japan, which makes the opening of one in the Bandai-Atami ...

Miyake was known to work with traditional and modern fashion techniques during his long career. He died of liver cancer on Friday, and a private funeral has already taken place, Japanese media report.