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A Shaded View On Fashion

A SHADED VIEW: Cover of Dazed & Confused Japan.

Dear Shaded Viewers,

Aitor Throup's 10-page portfolio exclusive for DAZED 7 CONFUSED JAPAN.

"Fashion illustration originally existed to illustrate the luxury and beauty of couture dresses, but his work illustrates how human beings move and how the clothes fit to the people. He is not just a fashion designer , he is a real creator and true artist." Junsuke Yamasaki, Editor of DAZED & CONFUSED JAPAN.

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Daily News

A Global Roundup

LVMH has scrapped plans to open a Louis Vuitton Tokyo flagship store, which would have been its largest in the world. (Reuters)

To fete Barbie's 50th anniversary, Christian Louboutin is designing pumps — in Barbie Pantone 219 Pink — to debut at Mattel's special New York fashion week runway show. (WWD)  read more »

Han Ahn Soon Casts Her Fairy Tale

Han Ahn Soon s/s '09
Though born and raised in Japan, designer Han Ahn Soon is inspired by her ancestral Korea's colorful traditional garb. As a fashion designer, her rainbow collections stick out like an abalone shell in a sea of black jade.
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Japan's Fast-Fashion Frenzy

People line up days before H&M Harajuku opens
With the global economy's continuing decline, fast-fashion companies are rapidly ascending. Even Japan's label slaves have turned to more reasonably priced tags—as evidenced by H&M's much exulted opening in Tokyo this fall. Japanese consumers have fallen head over heels for cheap clothing and may never turn back.
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Daily News

A Global Roundup

As if retail isn't suffering enough in America, now Japan, the world's second largest economy is officially in a recession. (FT)

Take a peek backstage of the infamous Victoria Secret fashion show. (Celebrity Gossip)
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Dressing Your Inner Femme Fatale

Serguei Povaguin s/s '09
Russian born Serguei Povaguin knows how to dress a woman. His eponymous collection of womenswear and accessories seamlessly meld masculine and feminine aesthetics, delivering a collection that evokes power dressing for the modern, feminine woman.
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Interview: Dresscamp's Marjan Pejoski

Dresscamp

With the recent departure of Dresscamp's original designer, Toshikazu Iwaya, the label has been re-helmed by fashion favorite Marjan Pejoski—the first non-Japanese designer to be named successor of a Japanese house. Pejoski recently unveiled his much anticipated first collection in Tokyo, a marine-themed vision inspired by the sirens of mythology as well as French artist Théodore Géricault's famous shipwreck painting Frigate de Meduse. Styled by Shun Watanabe of Vogue Hommes Japan, the collection was a nautical fantasy made up of cute, femme sailors and the sexy, coy sea creatures who were their concubines. Following the success of this debut, Pejoski sat down with JC Report to weigh in on the runway experience and tell us about working organically, managing multiple labels and the thing that makes his work worthwhile.

JC Report: Congratulations on your first show. How does it feel?

Marjan Pejoski: Great! But I'm exhausted!  read more »

Marjan Pejoski's Multi-Brand Prowess

Dresscamp

With the recent departure of Dressamp's original designer, Toshikazu Iwaya, the label has been re-helmed by fashion favorite Marjan Pejoski—the first non-Japanese designer to be named successor of a Japanese house. Pejoski recently unveiled his much anticipated first collection in Tokyo, a marine-themed vision inspired by the sirens of mythology as well as French artist Théodore Géricault's famous shipwreck painting Frigate de Meduse.  read more »

A Runway Wrapped In Pigskin

aptform
The Higashi Sumida area of Tokyo has long been known as the center of Japan's leather making industry, producing more than 70% of the nation's pigskin leather. For the past six years, trade fair Japan Creation has teamed up the local pigskin manufacturers with new and exciting Japan-based design talent to produce runway shows under the banner "Piggy's Special." Past participants in the project have included DressCamp, Theatre Products and Matohu, while this year's talents feature aptform, designed by Tokyo-based Greek designer Michail Gkinis, as well as Yohikazu Yamagata and Kentaro Tamai's writtenafterwards.

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H. Lorenzo's Worldly Awareness

H. Lorenzo store

H. Lorenzo is a man revered in the fashion business for his discerning eye, and he has managed to keep his equally discerning Hollywood clientele happy for more than 23 years. What keeps this hard to please crowd coming back to his eponymous store in Los Angeles is Lorenzo's well curated merchandise of established luxury brands alongside relatively unknown, yet promising labels from far-flung locations such as Japan. On a recent buying trip in Tokyo, we caught up with H. Lorenzo for a one-on-one chat about Japanese brands, his eco-concept shop H.L.N.R. and his advice for young designers.

JC Report: You got into Tokyo just a few days ago and have already been making the rounds; what brands have you seen so far?

H. Lorenzo: I've seen Toga, Botanika (by Taishi Nobukuni) and I just came from Patrick Stephan. I'm going to take a look at Aguri Sagimori next, then go to Sister. Tomorrow I will see DressCamp and Dress 33 (by former DressCamp designer Toshikazu Iwaya). I saw Dress 33 in Paris, but I want to see it up close. I've been coming to Tokyo on these intense buying trips for five years now. I research everything beforehand and want to see the up-and-comers.  read more »

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