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about 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Fashion in Tokyo
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's living in Agadez, Niger.  Spending more time in town, Agadez, as bad people in the desert are spoiling the good life.
19/4/26.

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I went to Shibuya last night to catch up on what's hot in fashion. Parco is one place that caught my eye. Issey Miyake, Comme des Garcons and Japanese names like Junya Watanabe
 
But there was something horrific in Parco Part 1. Some &$&$&$ had taken the cover of the first Killing  Joke album and reworked it, playlist and all, into some shirts. Well, I wasn't having that....  we had a discussion. Old punk rocker, err that would be me, got all disgruntled....
 
Then on to HAIB and their coated (what coating? ...Language gap created answer problem!) denim which looked space age. My last denim jacket cost me $90 so the throught of having to pay $500 made me say ...no.
 
Now on to 5351 which gets a special prize. One for being so underlit I couldn't tell you what anything looked like. Two for the stoniest and most aloof because I am so frigging cool shop assistant in the history
 
 
Another mention, not in Parco,  is Bathing Ape. Their shop entrance is all flashing steps and an under floor conveyor bellt full of shoes...  I will post a clip later.
 
 
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's living in Agadez, Niger.  Spending more time in town, Agadez, as bad people in the desert are spoiling the good life.
19/4/26.

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Aren't you a bit early? The All Whites don't play in Tokyo until late March
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BAPE (Bathing Ape) was huge 5 years ago, everyone wearing fake stuff, even semi famous rappers. Blame it on Pharrell Williams, he also launched BBC (Billionaire Boys Club) with Nigo. BAPE is still popular with the Asian community.

Get yourself some ice-cream sneakers?

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Pics of Japanese cosplay please.

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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Junior82 wrote:
Pics of Japanese cosplay please.

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"Like the beard nursey.
Gives me something to hang on to."

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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Robb wrote:
Aren't you a bit early? The All Whites don't play in Tokyo until late March
 
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's living in Agadez, Niger.  Spending more time in town, Agadez, as bad people in the desert are spoiling the good life.
19/4/26.

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Junior82 wrote:
Pics of Japanese cosplay please.

 
will do! Was down that way this afternoon. It was a bit mad!!
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's living in Agadez, Niger.  Spending more time in town, Agadez, as bad people in the desert are spoiling the good life.
19/4/26.

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I have a Bathing Ape sweatshirt.   I bought it in 2003.  (Ahead of fashion)

Product2011-02-07 15:12:19
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dairyflat wrote:
Junior82 wrote:
Pics of Japanese cosplay please.

 
will do! Was down that way this afternoon. It was a bit mad!!
 
I went down and nothing in the realm of COSPLAY was happening. No idea what the score is but no pics. 
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's living in Agadez, Niger.  Spending more time in town, Agadez, as bad people in the desert are spoiling the good life.
19/4/26.

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dairyflat wrote:
I went to Shibuya last night to catch up on what's hot in fashion. Parco is one place that caught my eye. Issey Miyake, Comme des Garcons and Japanese names like ....

Jeez is Issey Miyake still alive? He was living in Paris at the same time as me in the early 90s. He started that thing where you have slither of hair dangling either side of the forehead. Had a European girlfriend who appeared in a video with her dressed as a Japanese woman and him as a European. Bloody good sense of humour too.
Was on tv and laughed at Jean-Paul Gaultier when ever he got too daft .
He experimented with micromesh, breathable plastic and pleats. 20 years later the fabric technology is still innovative. edward l2011-02-14 22:26:21
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That wasn't Euro-trash was it? The TV show I mean.

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s54hq0SYck

Bathing Ape - tasteful.
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's living in Agadez, Niger.  Spending more time in town, Agadez, as bad people in the desert are spoiling the good life.
19/4/26.

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Having spent 2 months over the summer on language exchange in Japan, I find this thread great! Spent 3 weeks homestay in Tokyo over the New Year.

Tokyo is amazing. Love it.
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Ive seen your albums on facebook..
That gear you had on when you were cleaning some temple or whatever..

Now THATS Fashion!
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Stefan wrote:
Ive seen your albums on facebook..
That gear you had on when you were cleaning some temple or whatever..

Now THATS Fashion!


Haha the host family insisted we wear white to clean the temple! "To purify the temple, we too must be pure" or something along those lines. The looks we got from everyone though.

Dairyflat, have you visited Meiji Jingu just passed Harajuku bridge? That is the temple in question.
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