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  • Meat Bun

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    Last time Mike McWhertor was in town, as we were covering the Tokyo Game Show last year (Mike is one of Kotaku‘s editors), he mentioned that he was prepping a t-shirt project, and here it is, Meat Bun, mixing gaming and design. They have an online shop, so get buying!

  • Uniqlo Manga T-Shirts

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    Just in time for spring, Uniqlo’s UT line of t-shirts has just launched a new series based on manga titles that appear in Kodansha’s WEEKLY SHONEN MAGAZINE and Shogakukan’s WEEKLY SHONEN SUNDAY. The first few went on sale yesterday, ten in all, and new titles/designs will be released each week. Via Imprint Talk.

  • Hand Painting Evisu Jeans

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    Now you know why Evisu jeans are so expensive: the logo on the back is hand-painted, as seen on this video. Via Imprint Talk.

  • Anna Antoniades in Style Wise

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    Fashion designer, and PauseTalker, Anna Antoniades gets featured in this month’s edition of the “Style Wise” column in today’s THE JAPAN TIMES. You can read it online here.

  • Koo Fu Collection 2008

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    Naoto Fukasawa seems to have covered every single product category, and now he follows that up with… jewelry!? Fukasawa directs the “Koo Fu Collection 2008.”

  • Rei Kawakubo Profiled

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    THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINES profiles Rei Kawakubo, the designer behind Comme des Garçons. Via PSFK.

  • Bape Nitendo DS Lite

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    Having to deal with empty stores (in Tokyo at least), I guess Bape has to do what it can to sell some products. Everybody loves the DS, right? Enter the Bape-branded Nintendo DS Lite. Via Kotaku. Update: If the Bape-branded Nintendo DS Lite doesn’t interest you, then how about a DS co-branded with the Honeyee magazine…

  • The Manufacturing of Booms

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    Over at Clast, Marxy examines booms as a marketing strategy, and the end of an era. I’m just sorry I missed out on 1957, the year of the Calypso Style.

  • Slutty Angels

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    Over at META no TAME, Marxy takes a look at fashion magazine KOAKUMA AGEHA, and the post-kogyaru — and hostess lifestyle — world is revolves around.

  • Fashion Brand BOEGE

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    I was working from Cafe Pause yesterday, as I do on most days, with this time Max sitting nearby (we are co-producing a yet-to-be-announced project for White Rabbit Press). After a while I noticed him striking up a conversation with the person sitting next to him. Ends up that she works for To Beno, of…