Homeless Is More

Home Honey, I'm Hi! is the name of Ksubi's newest installation, a blue plastic hideaway inspired by the homemade shelters of Tokyo's homeless. Where exactly is this installation? In Shibuya, high up on the 5th floor of Cannabis store, of course...

Greater Tokyo

Tokyo-based illustrator and Hint contributor Przemek Sobocki took these snaps at the launch of Superflat First Love, a prepubescent-inspired (we guess) collaboration between Louis Vuitton and Takashi Murakami. LV's Omotesando flagship was stuffed with Murakami-like toys, gadgets and a $33,000 handmade rug. Also on view was a special animation by Murakami, available only on Japanese mobile phone and, of course, YouTube...


Takashi Murakami & Tomoyuki Tanaka (aka Fantastic Plastic Machine), who composed the animation's soundtrack


Ako Tanaka, editor-in-chief of Numero Tokyo, and Shun Watanabe of Vogue Hommes Japan
Guillaume Davin, senior vice-president of LV, and the rug


Actor Hiroki Nirimiya and fashion designer & stylist Anthony Moynihan
Photographer & film director Mika Ninagawa and actress, singer & model Anna Tsuchiya

Greater Tokyo

Dries Van Noten is betting it'll take more than a little global recession to temper the Japanese lust for fashion. He’s just unveiled a multilevel flagship in the Aoyama district of Tokyo—and here's your first peek. Like its Paris counterpart, the Japanese outpost is designed as a visual dialogue with the locale and its history. But thankfully, this doesn't involve cliches like kimono displays, cherry blossoms or the leftover sets from Memoirs of a Geisha.

No stranger to exotic destinations, Dries always opts for a more restrained approach, transforming his cultural encounters in subtle yet unexpected ways. This time around, fashion's own Lawrence of Arabia has produced a stark juxtaposition, mixing lavish 17th-century European paintings against daring reinterpretations of them by contemporary Japanese artists—all in a zen, vaguely industrial backdrop. It's a new meditation on East meets West, modernity meets tradition, that’s less like The Last Samurai and more like that Bjork/Barney thing with the whales.

Oh, and of course, the clothes—tons and tons of it: women's, men's and accessories. But get a head start now. Chances are, small sizes will sell out first.

—Franklin Melendez

Tokyo Street Style

photos by Rei Shito...


pants: Maison Martin Margiela
jacket: vintage



suit: GalaabenD
belt, bag & shoes: YSL
glasses: Cazar



(left)
sweater & pants: John Lawrence Sullivan
shoes: UGG

(right)
dress: Goocy
shoes: Yuks



pants & jacket: Jeremy Scott
shoes: UGG



(left, Jeremy Scott)
jacket: vintage
shirts: vintage Versace
pants: Ksubi
shoes: Adidas Originals x Jeremy Scott

(right)
hat: H&M
coat: vintage
bag: Jeremy Scott
shoes: Fr. Martine


photos by Rei Shito, aka STYLE from TOKYO

Tokyo Street Style

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jacket & pants: Nincompoop Capacity
sweatshirt: handmade
shoes: Nike



sweater: Hello Kitty
socks: Antipast
shoes: Unbilical
hat: vintage



shirt dress: vintage
jacket: pe-poco
bag: Nadia



coat: zo cola
pants & scarf: Yab-Yum
shoes: Clarks



left
jacket: MCMxTISA
pants, T-shirt: Phenomenon
shoes: Nike

right
poncho, T-shirt & pants: Phenomenon
shoes: Nike

photos by Rei Shito, aka STYLE from TOKYO

Tokyo Street Style

photos by Rei Shito...


all: COSMIC WONDER Light Source



jacket, t-shirt & bag: HIRO
pants: Levi's
shoes: Dr. Martens



hat: vintage
one-piece & bracelet: Marjan Pejoski



left
coat: Drosofila
jeans: Gap

right
skirt: EGOIST
shoes: SANDRA



jacket: edit for lulu
pants: vintage
shoes: UNBILICAL
bracelet: Number (N)ine


photos by Rei Shito, aka STYLE from TOKYO

Tokyo Street Style

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Hair stylist
hat: Stephen Jones
coat: Sasquatch
cardigan: Public Image
pants: Ksubi
boots: Fad3



Student
pants: Comme des Garçons
socks: Bernhard Willhelm
coat & boots: used



Designer
shirts: Banal Chic Bizarre
pants: Nasty
shoes: Adidas



Shop staff
hat & skirt: used
shoes: Umbilical



Hair stylist
sweater: used
shoes: Bought at Germain


photos by Rei Shito, aka STYLE from TOKYO

Tokyo Street Style

photos by Rei Shito...


PR
sweater: Horace
pants: vintage Japanese kimono



Shop staff
shirts: Ksubi
boots: United Nude



Shop staff
t-shirts: Alice McCale
parka: Insight
pants: Ksubi
boots: United Nude



Shop staff
t-shirts &pants: Ksubi


photos by Rei Shito, aka STYLE from TOKYO

Tokyo Street Style

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Student
cap, t-shirts & cut-offs: Hayato Kikuchi
ring: Number (N)ine



Hair stylist
jacket & pants: Nozomi Ishiguro



Student
dress: Theatre Products
bag: Yoshiko
shoes: Nike



Press
all: Galaabend



Shop staff
scarf & pants: Nozomi Ishiguro


photos by Rei Shito, aka STYLE from TOKYO
http://stylefromtokyo.blogspot.com

Tokyo Street Style

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Student
jumpsuit: Nozomi Ishiguro
backpack: Marc Jacobs



Hair stylist
pants: Maison Martin Margiela
boots: Véronique Branquinho



Office worker
dress: Undercover
bag: Corto Moltedo



Press
top and overalls: Goocy



Hair stylist
shirt: vintage
denim: Levi's
shoes: Red Wing


photos by Rei Shito, aka STYLE from TOKYO
http://stylefromtokyo.blogspot.com/

Tokyo Street Style

photos by Rei Shito...


She's the owner of this shop
one-piece dress: Keisuke Kanda



She is a student
top: vintage
skirt: vintage
belt: vintage
tights: LABREA
bracelet: Louis Vuitton

He is a hairdresser
jacket: vintage
inner: I&I
pants: I&I
glasses: MOSCOT
bracelet: Louis Vuitton



He's a model and vintage shop staff
cap: Takashi Kondo
pants: Uniqlo



He's a designer
tops: DEVILOCK
pants: Ralph Lauren
glasses: CAZAL
shoes: Cole Haan



She is a student
We don't know what labels she's wearing, but we love her style!


photos by Rei Shito a.k.a STYLE from TOKYO
http://stylefromtokyo.blogspot.com/