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apparently roppongi hills is redoing their men's fashion area 

new stores include: undercover, soph, facetasm, n. hollywood, factotum, attachment, wjk, minotaur

 

 

good idea? i don't know

 

i think these are all free-standing shops

 

If they are free-standing shops then harajuku fashion really has fallen off.

I can't see any of these brands fitting in with the hills-zoku cliente.

N. Hollywood, WJK, and Soph maybe...

Think its a horrible idea.

Now you can buy "rebellious" Undercover while waiting for your cafe latte to get made at the Starbucks next door.

What a joke. 

I'm so out of touch with what is "cool" in Tokyo these days....*shrug*

http://final-audio-design-directshop.com/fs/final/FI-PF10D

 

Baller earphones.

Pairs 出会ㄠapp is fucking insane.

 

So many thirsty divorced and/over 30 women.

 

It's been fun for a quick minute but now I'm done.

 

Damn. I don't know any of these artists and I thought I was pretty clued in to the underground scene.

Smh

 

Seriously? Trump room again? 

Fashion in Tokyo is such utter shit right now.

Is anyone buying the crap these brands are putting out?

 

too hungry right now, don't even know where i am. just wandering with a friend picking random left and right turns as we walk around

 

Ur in Ginza area.

Isn't the rumor that Chi-X will be increasing the rate for passive orders in the near-future.

ECN/PTS business is really tough these days.

Lol. Bark in Style.

Too many mutual friends....

i don't really 'get' asobi system, i originally thought it was just a record label for kyary and co but it seems to be way more than that? i passed one of their offices last year and it seemed surprisingly bland inside.

 

Its basically a powerful entertainment agency now. Think of it like Avex Trax or a Japanese version of YG Entertainment, etc. with businesses in online media, music, fashion, modeling, etc.

herpsky I don't know who you hang out with but none of my friends in the fashion industry give a fuck about most fashion magazines these days.

 

Instagram is killing the print-media business hard. Along w/ Fashionsnap.com, WWDJapan.com, etc., although the later is just marketing bullshit to get likes, tweets, etc that the value of the content has critically gone down.

 

It's no wonder that Startoday bought Aratana (which manages Honeyee.com and Fatale.com).

 

Young steezy kids aren't buying/reading magazines.

 

They are more engaged in what their steezy friends are coping/wearing on Instagram, Wear, smart-phone/online media, etc.

 

Is it any wonder the former CEO of LINE left to start C-Channel (http://www.cchan.tv/) in conjunction Asobi System?

 

They already have 5 million in funding and will be launching a store in Harajuku.

what's japan's equvalent of sufu? do they have any popular fashion forums? always wonder what's really going on at street level over there, what the consumers there are into, what they're thinking, etc. like i want to see actual discussion, what do cool japanese dudes think is going to be big next? what do they think is super wack? any interesting scoop on their industry? etc

 

http://fashionpost.jp/

http://www.honeyee.com/

etc...

But to be honest shit is wack in Tokyo right now.

All derivative BS.

Nothing original.

 

I suppose TTT is getting some rep cuz he's cool w/ the Cannabis crew (showing exhibition for AW15 right now).

But its just a derivative of D.TT.K which is a derivative of 90s sportswear.

 

Maybe the following???

 

Son of the Cheese

Facetasm

Inari

Def Mickey crew.

TTT

Hyke (ex-Greeeen designer)

The Reracs

Banal Chic Bizarre

 

But what the fuck do I know...

My good friend used to be one of the head planners at CDG and worked closely with Rei Kawakubo. 

 

The investment in Gosha is a political/power move in the face of what is going on in Russia in terms of sanctions.

 

CDG has a number of factories in Russia and needs to be able to maintain good terms with the government/people in high power/influence.

 

They have a major stake in the business and want it to succeed but the investment/support is also motivated by CDG's existing businesses in Russia.

probably vision

 

edit

then again, club scene is kinda dying bc of the recent changes in legislature

 

The law got changed recently.

That said clubs are still meeeh in Tokyo.

Blame it on failed abenomics. 

I'm really amazed at how long this thread has been going.

 

For those young guys that are still trying to find themselves I really recommend the podcasts at The Mating Grounds.

 

http://thematinggrounds.com/

 

Ciao!

gonna stay in ebisu and aoyama till the 13th, then i might go down to kyoto till the 18th.

rajio and SSchadenfreude you guys free?

 

I'll be around.

 

Hit me up on LINE.

Steve Aoki starting his Dim Mak fashion line.

 

Then hosting a party in Aoyama's Idol.

 

Was it really necessary?

 

Does society really need another black/white street-wear brand?

 

Will anyone give a fuck about Blackscale, Been Trill, etc in a few years time?

 

I mean lets be real.

 

HBA is already feeling the effect of this.

I heard it wasn't very good.

Where Topshop/Topman used to be. Next to Laforet on Jingumae crossing.

 

Stupid concept.

 

No one cares about Nigo.

Anyone by any chance know someone selling this? 

 

CAV-UAL LIGHT COLLARED CREW

 

 

I own this in size Small. P.M. if you are interested...

re: detto

 

 

Fuck boy circle jerk.

Does anyone even wear D.TT.K???????

 

UNIT party sounds great though.

GAY.

 

Adidas superstars and stan smiths are NOT COOL ANYMORE.

 

Thank you Japanese fashionistas for fucking killing the trend to DEATH.

Hakuyosha's premium dry cleaning is pretty popular. From what I heard, a lot of folks take their grails to Cleaning Takimoto in Harajuku. If you own like an archival raf simons piece or something, that's one place you can trust. Don't know if it's open because they don't have a website. It's around the corner from the original UA.

 

 

i usually take mine to this local place near my house but when they see the labels, they usually know if it needs extra attention. 

 

http://www.469430.com/