Fashion

FusionFest is coming back to downtown Orlando on Thanksgiving weekend. Come share a smile and your heritage and “you may discover just how different other people really aren’t!” Discover the world through interactive experiences and contests for food, fashion, spoken word, music, dance, short films and more. https://www.facebook.com/FusionFestOrlando/videos/713683815811028/

She is Imma - your new fashion idol. She was created by Tokyo-based CG company Modeling Cafe and has recently graced the cover of CGWorld magazine. https://twitter.com/imma_tw/status/1084001924498608128 Computer generated technology is rapidly improving, so much so that it's sometimes hard to tell the difference between what's real and what's...

Earlier this week, American celebrity Kim Kardashian came out with a line of shapewear clothing dubbed “Kimono Solutionwear” as a pun of her name “Kim” which includes her trade-marketing the term “Kimono” to the great dismay of the Japanese community and Japanese diaspora. Within hours the hashtag #KimOhNo began trending on social media with photos of Japanese...

In the early 1980s, Japanese avant-garde designers took Paris by storm, disrupting the world of haute couture with their minimalist, deconstructed clothing. But this was not the first time that Japanese design principles had transformed international fashion. Instead, as Kimono Refashioned reveals, kimono — its materials, forms, techniques and decorative motifs — has inspired designers for more...

FASHIONISTAS and PEOPLE WHO LOVES GLAMOUR AND ELEGANCE, DON'T MISS THIS SHOW COMING TO TAMPA FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME WITH THE OUT-OF-THIS WORLD FASHIONS OF PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN DESIGNER "DAVID TUPAZ" AS ONE OF THE FEATURED DESIGNERS. TICKETS AVAILABLE AS STATED IN THE POSTERS. WHO IS DAVID TUPAZ?

You have seen a lot of the Korean dramas. Do you like the K-POP style school uniforms in your the dramas?  What if you can actually put on those K-POP style school uniforms in Korean to take a snap photo?  Yes, you can do that now.  After Hanbok (Korean traditional clothes), renting a Korean school uniform and touring around Seoul is the new trend! Price started from 10,000 won per...

With 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia coming up this year, the new home kit was prepared to get Japan’s players ready for the contests of the World’s highest level. The base colour is “KACHI-IRO”, meaning the colour of victory in Japanese, dark indigo colour, which is one of Japan’s traditionally-favoured colours. “KACHI-IRO” used to be widely preferred by samurai warriors...

With the online release (and in select stores) of the Takashi Murakami x Doraemon x Uniqlo UT Collection set for May 10th (plush toys to follow on May 24th & 25th). This collaboration is a nice followup to the imagery Murakami created for a Doraemon show at the end of last year in Tokyo.  

Neon Genesis Evangelion (EVA) is a Japanese popular anime series from the late 90’s that spawned a franchise including the development of several films, manga, and even video games. Uniqlo sister brand GU has come together with the popular animation franchise to release apparel based on motifs introduced in the movies Evangelion: 1.0, Evangelion: 2.0 and Evangelion 3.0. The first...

The Sailor Moon 25th Anniversary Project for a collaboration Yukata. The collection includes a whole line of yukata (summer kimono), adorable to the sophisticated. The collection produced by Kyoto Marubeni, the series include Yukata sets, folding fans, single yukata and single obi.  Yukata set, which comes in six variations and retails for US$150 (¥16,800). The designs on these yukata include large...