February 15, 2009 - 8:13 am by Him in Others
Most visitors to Japan will have heard of Samantha Thavasa. Many may know the other brands in the ‘Samantha’ group – Samantha Tiara, Samantha Silva and even Violent Hanger to name but a few, but how many will have ever heard of Samantha Kingz?
If you have, odds are you’re a fella – and a pretty [...]
February 12, 2009 - 2:46 pm by Him in Others
Eighty two years ago Hanae Mori was born. Not the brand – the person. It wasn’t until the 1950s, working under the East meets West concept that the brand with its roots in Japan and now famous around the world got into gear; and in the five decades since, the gear shift has only moved [...]
February 9, 2009 - 9:47 pm by Him in Others
A brand with a name many instantly link to China, perhaps Hong Kong or maybe Singapore, Jimmy Choo’s is, surprisingly, as British as it gets.
Since its emergence on the fashion scene in the mid-80s; a time of blistering change in the British music and all round image industries, Jimmy Choo has been plugging away, perfecting [...]
The 800 m. or so linking Meiji Dori and Aoyama Dori – in Tokyo’s Shibuya district, are linked by many streets, but one stands head and shoulders above the rest: Omotesando.
Perhaps nowhere else in Japan does one street serve to identify and ‘label’ an area quite as much as what is, in effect, an old [...]
February 5, 2009 - 7:42 am by Him in Others
The 800 m. or so linking Meiji Dori and Aoyama Dori – in Tokyo’s Shibuya district, are linked by many streets, but one stands head and shoulders above the rest: Omotesando.
Perhaps nowhere else in Japan does one street serve to identify and ‘label’ an area quite as much as what is, in effect, an old [...]
