Halloween is among us which means it’s time to break out the black clothes, thigh-high boots, and dark make-up. Halloween has to be the best time of the year, the weather isn’t super cold, the air smells of pumpkin spice and all the spooky creepy movies are online again. I’ve been going down memory lane …
Take vibrant colors, 80s flair, add a bit of Tokyo flavor, then mash it all together and you’ll get the essence of TokyoStyleShop—an online store developed by a Brazilian stylist based in Tokyo, Thamie Hirata. Even though she’s only been here for about a year, she’s already putting her background in the fashion industry to …
Filling in a void in Tokyo, Ales Shop Harajuku is a hair store which specializes in selling hair extensions, accessories, and care products.
Go on any explore page and type Japanese fashion and you’ll get endless pages of eccentric colorfully clad youth flooding the tag. Despite Japanese society’s penchant for sameness and overall diversion to diversity, when it comes to fashion it seems that Japan is having way more fun than the rest of the world. While the …
Fuse alienation, teenage dreams, valley girls, psychedelics, and Y2K into one what do you get? The answer is “Heaven” , a new collection encapsulating the angsty nostalgia of the “naughties”. The gender-fluid Y2K theme successfully blends together bright alien colors with familiar green and tan khaki’s that are once again back on the fashion revival …
The pandemic hasn’t been easy for anyone, I suppose unless you’re a celebrity. As I’ve tried to figure out my next steps in life, I realized I hit a small rut in shopping and fashion adventures here in Tokyo. The storethav coupled with the overcrowding, I’m overstimulated by the blaring sounds of generic pop blasting …
In a world where Japanese fashion is typically associated with the extreme cutting edge designs and kawaii subcultures, where do people who fall in the middle find themselves? Streetwear has emerged in the last ten years as the lovechild of high-end designs mixed with nostalgic executions. If you’re like me, you too have ambitions of …
Aside from anime and pop culture, Japanese fashion is one of the most prevalent reasons people become interested in Japan, and with the spread of Instagram and YouTubers, that desire has only grown stronger. But how do you get started on your journey through fashion? If you don’t live in Japan where can you even …
I have loved Manga since I was a little kid. I remember the very first manga I ever read. It was Sailor Moon, and like the ignorant seven-year-old I was I read the book backward. Don’t worry I’ve learned to read them correctly since then and even translated some now. It’s always been my dream …