Opening Up Japanese Fashion
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Nakashima ToshikoBecame editor-in-chief of the renewed Ginza magazine in April 2011, following posts as editor-in-chief of the culture and lifetyle magazine Brutus and as assistant editor-in-chief of Relax. She has proven herself a formidable force in creating fashion magazines whose scope includes art and subculture. http://magazineworld.jp/ginza/
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Lumine YūrakuchoOpened on October 28, 2011, inside Yūrakucho Marion, a large-scale shopping and entertainment complex. The shopping center, aimed at consumers in their late twenties and thirties, houses 107 shops selling clothing, cosmetics, miscellaneous items, and foodstuffs. Attracting attention as Yūrakucho’s newest hotspot, the facility racked up sales of ¥450 million and welcomed roughly 200,000 customers during its opening three days.
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Aono Ken’ichiBorn in Tokyo in 1968. Creative director for the specialty store Beams, which operates a chain of 100 shops in Japan and abroad. In addition to working as director of Beams Records, he is active as a DJ and magazine columnist. In 2010 he published a collection of works entitled Meikyū yuki (Headed for the Labyrinth).http://www.beams.co.jp/
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Yuyama ReikoFormer editor turned writer. Her publications include Onna hitori sushi (Sushi for the Woman Dining Alone), Josō suru onna (Women Dressed as Women), and Yosoji goe! (Crossing the Forty-Year Mark). She is also a part-time instructor at the Nihon University College of Art, a producer of club-culture events, and an enthusiastic speaker on subjects from film and music to food culture and fashion.http://yuyamareiko.typepad.jp/
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Ragtag ShibuyaUsed clothing specialty chain with 14 stores located in major cities across Japan. The shops buy designer brand clothing and accessories from customers and resell the items after cleaning them. The chain also has an online store.http://www.ragtag.jp/pc/
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Pass the Baton Omotesandōhttp://www.pass-the-baton.com
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Dempagumi.inc, an all-girl group from the otaku district of Akihabara, appeared in Mikio Sakabe’s show during Tokyo Fashion Week.
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Petite Robe Noirehttp://www.petiterobenoire.com
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