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  • TAB Fall 2008 T-Shirts

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    Tokyo Art Beat’s 2008 Tokyo Collection of t-shirts expands, with two new models joining the previously released bunch. The new designs come courtesy of Paramodel (left) and So+Ba. Priced at 3,500 yen each — and lovingly printed by Sweatshop Union — best to order quick before they sell out.

  • Bape Book Launch at Colette

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    My friend Ian — editor of Tokyolife — sends me a few pics from from the launch party for his latest book, which covers all things Bape. It took place at the Colette store in Paris yesterday. The blue edition pictured above is exclusive to Colette, with the camo edition exclusive to Bape stores (Colette…

  • Shiina Ringo and Uniqlo

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    Shiina Ringo is collaborating with graphic designer Yutaka Kimura for the “Shiro to Kuro” collection of three shirts at Uniqlo. Penguin, Zebra, and Dalmation will go on sale November 17, and sell for 2,000 yen. Honestly, I can’t say I’m particularly excited by these, but reporting it because it’s an interesting move from Uniqlo. Via…

  • Individual Fashion Expo IV Report

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    Patrick Macias reports on the Individual Fashion Expo IV, first in a series.

  • The Individual Fashion Expo IV

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    Tokyo Fashion Week may be over, but there’s still some fashion runway action coming your way September 23 in the form of the Maruione Shinjuku-produced fourth annual “Individual Fashion Expo,” at the JCB Hall in Tokyo Dome City. The show covers gothic, lolita, and punk styles. Patrick Macias has plenty more info over at his…

  • Dry in Motion

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    Uniqlo comes out with a new fancy flash-based web promotion, this time called “Dry in Motion.” I don’t really understand it, but it sure looks cool.

  • Be a Fundoshi Model

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    Yukie Kaneko is a graphic designer who has been specializing in modern takes on Japanese family crests. For her next project, she’s designed a collection of fundoshi, a traditional type of Japanese “underwear,” similar to a loin cloth, often worn during festivals. She’s currently looking for non-Japanese men to model her fundoshi collection, and so…

  • Kobe Collection Notes

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    Marxy writes about the Kobe Collection over at Meta no Tame. Don’t forget to check out Mekas for more collection reports from Tokyo Fashion Week. And look, isn’t that Gelman squinting in the far right of this photo taken at the Mint Designs show.

  • Mekas Covers Japan Fashion Week

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    Missing out on Tokyo Fashion Week? No worries, since Marxy is checking everything out, and contributing collection reviews to Mekas‘ “Brand Profiles” section. You’ll currently find reports on Fur Fur and Mikio Sakabe, with a dozen more planned.

  • Graniph + Archigram

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    I haven’t picked up a tee from Graniph in quite a while, but I’m sure liking this new series by Archigram. Via Designboom.