If gender bending fashion is suddenly all the rage in the West, think Pharrell Williams promoting Chanel’s new unisex handbag, then nowhere has the look excelled more than in Tokyo. Japan, for decades a pioneer…
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Forget Paris, focus on Tokyo, Japan fashion told
Tokyo may be the style capital of Asia, but with South Korea and China snapping at its heels and Japan’s most iconic brands rooted in Europe, the city is being urged to haul its fashion…
Drenched in fashion: It’s raining kimonos in Tokyo
It’s raining kimonos in Tokyo. US-based Japanese heavy-metal superstar Yoshiki kicked off Japan Fashion Week by sending models down the runway in sexy, reimagined kimonos drenched in a downpour Monday. It may not be high…
Tokyo fashion: Superior street style lost in transaction
Tokyo fashion week was set to open Monday with a show by a US designer, an arrangement observers say underlines the absence of local labels on the world stage despite the city’s reputation for edgy…
#LuxuryLiving: Where do the World’s wealthiest live?
The latest results from Global Cities Survey by Knight Frank, which monitors the cities that matter to the world’s wealthiest, unveils the top 40 global cities. For 2015, Africa’s Johannesburg and Cape Town finished 28th…
My 50 Minutes of Sushi and Speed Dating in Tokyo, Kenya
It is “engraved in stone” that you can meet a person only once for the first time in your life and you can only have one shot at making a lasting impression on them or…