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Misha Janette
Misha Janette graduated from the prestigious Bunka Fashion College and writes the trilingual blog Tokyo Fashion Diaries on the avant-garde style scene. She is also a stylist, TV host and designer for street-wear wig brand Plumb.
Japan Times
LIFE
Apr 11, 2010
Identity quests unite labels
Maybe the abundance of "safe" fashion on the runways at the 2010 Autumn/Winter Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo last month was the designers' way of spinning themselves a taffeta and jersey-cotton cocoon from which they hope to emerge next season with their businesses and egos left intact.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Apr 8, 2010
Return of Yohji, AMBUSH bling, LIMI feu bargains and Tokyo Girls
Coming back in style
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Feb 11, 2010
Style that's top, sweet, masculine, temporary and trademarked
Topshop stays on top
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Jan 14, 2010
Affordable Issey Miyake, Guild Prime, mook freebies, A&F in Japan and men's briefs
24 Issey Miyake
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Dec 10, 2009
Luxuriating at MoT and Vulcanize, customizing at Nike and economizing at Venus Fort
The luxury of fashion
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Nov 12, 2009
Discount Comme de Garcons, thermo threads, extreme styles and bohemian flair
Back to black
Japan Times
LIFE
Nov 8, 2009
Fashion fantasy meets form
With Japan Fashion Week shows now running concurrently with the Tokyo International Film Festival, it was hard sometimes not to liken the collections to films.
Japan Times
LIFE
Nov 8, 2009
JFW bucks the trend
For six flurried days from Oct. 19, Tokyo's ritzy Midtown complex area hosted a flock of excited fashionistas for the ninth biannual Japan Fashion Week.
Japan Times
LIFE
Nov 8, 2009
Matohu duo open up
Two hours late to the audition, a leggy model scrambled in to Matohu's showroom. After she presented her portfolio of photos to the designers and performed a short runway strut, she picked up her things, gave a bow and quickly left.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Oct 8, 2009
Fashion rethinks, rebrands and reasserts itself in the recession
Uniqlo gets an A+ for +J There may be a recession, but that doesn't mean that we can't afford style, thanks to the new maestro of cool, Mr. Tadashi Yanai.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Sep 10, 2009
Time for openings, a night out and second-hand style
THE opening ceremony
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Aug 13, 2009
Variations on Dynamite Cabarets, Tiger, togas, Yohji Yamamoto and Comme des Garcons
Aki and Kuzu get smart Cabaret Aki and Jackal Kuzu are known as the designers of scandalously flagrant men's brand Gut's Dynamite Cabarets, but with the launch of their impressive new line, JhonAG, their alter-egos may soon fade as the two are set to be reverently known as just Aki and Kuzu.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 23, 2009
Fashion Rio and the casual lifestyle
A teensy-weensy, zebra-striped, strapless bikini was just one of the many sexy little numbers worn by Brazilian beauties as they energetically bounced — one step short of a samba — down the catwalks of Fashion Rio in Rio de Janeiro last month.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Jul 9, 2009
Maria H. at the beach, Peaches in Japan, denim art at Diesel and limited editions at Gap
Stylish swimmers Finnish designer Maria Hietanen wants to give the hard bodies of summer a sophisticated makeover with her Maria H. line of beachwear.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Jun 11, 2009
Fragrant fashions, high-brow specs, Vogue in 3-D, and Tokyo's own
Getting intimate Tucked in the residential boroughs of Tokyo's Aobadai district in Meguro is a new intimate shop, Lilid 05, where the uplifting scent of fashion wafts you through its unassuming doors. The store opened at the end of April, but the Lilid 05 brand itself is also fairly new, only now in...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 21, 2009
Fashion up from Down Under
When Myf Shepherd, the next "It girl" model, stepped out onto the runway at Rosemount Australia Fashion Week in a slinky jumper, it wasn't only camera flashes that lit up the room — so did the glow of computer screens and handhelds. Not only did pens record notes like lightning on paper — keyboards...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
May 14, 2009
Say hello to Belgium's best, aptform, the Land of Tomorrow and Forever 21
Bold Belgium "Avant garde" doesn't even begin to describe some of the amazing creations that have come from the Belgian fashion capital of Antwerp over the years. Intelligent designers from the city successfully fuse fantasy with reality, and the "6+ Antwerp" exhibition at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery...
Japan Times
LIFE / JAPAN FASHION WEEK
Apr 12, 2009
Designers bid to shrug off woes
The global slump's impact on the fashion world was on everyone's lips during Japan Fashion Week, as it has been around the world since last fall.
Japan Times
LIFE / JAPAN FASHION WEEK
Apr 12, 2009
Focus on: Bryanboy
Meet Bryanboy, a breakout celebrity blogger who is known for a dainty swagger but a fierce penchant for all that is fashion. The Manila-based 27-year-old Filipino (right) has become an international sensation with his blog, which has produced a legion of fans, a Marc Jacobs bag named after him, and an...
Japan Times
LIFE / JAPAN FASHION WEEK
Apr 12, 2009
Tokyo hots up for autumn / winter '09
The length of a fashion show averages about 10 minutes, a short span during which design prodigies can be born while others fail, dragging small fortunes into fashion oblivion with them.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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