Style & Design | ON: FASHION Jul 9, 2022
To catch a counterfeiter, Japan's fashionistas turns to Fake Busters
With hundreds of thousands on the line, it pays to know if your jewelry is authentic.
Style & Design | ON: FASHION Jun 11, 2022
Can unlikely friendships kickstart fashion’s lackluster recovery?
Breaking down brand barriers may be the only way forward for Tokyo's couturiers
Style & Design | ON: FASHION May 14, 2022
Fashion’s retail revolution: What’s old is new again
As pandemic precautions appear to ease, retail fashion grapples with a return to business as usual.
Style & Design | ON: FASHION Apr 9, 2022
Tokyo fashion week not as fashion-forward as hoped
Not even a who’s who of Japanese designers could overcome the uneven adoption of emerging tech at Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo.
Style & Design | ON: FASHION Mar 12, 2022
Online status: If you build a virtual world of fashion, will they come?
Brands are seeking to replicate traditional models of scarcity in a metaverse where true abundance is possible.
Style & Design | ON: FASHION Feb 19, 2022
Expressing gender: Fresh approaches to unisex collections
A diverse fashion market is one that is broad enough to include everyone.
Style & Design | ON: FASHION Jan 29, 2022
NFT fashion collaborations: Virtual fashion, real demand
Consumers experiment with an NFT project that taps into Harajuku nostalgia from the 1990s.
Style & Design | ON: FASHION Dec 11, 2021
Retail therapy: Fashion outlets in battle to fight fatigue
Stores adopt a few innovative measures in a bid to prize open the wallets of domestic shoppers with overseas customers still shut out of Japan.
Style & Design | ON: FASHION Nov 14, 2021
Shop to your heart’s content, without a staff member in sight
If you’ve ever felt Japan’s customer service was too much, contactless shopping is on the rise. Meanwhile, pop culture-capsule collaborations vie for the title of “most shocking.”
Style & Design | ON: FASHION Oct 10, 2021
Anime aesthetics blur the line between real and virtual fashion
As some brands dip their toes into NFTs, others turn to nostalgia-with-shock-value to sell both real and virtual clothing.