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Models Aya and Ami put their own twist on the see-through dress trend, layering matching tulle Chika Kisada dresses over baggy t-shirts for the show. They dressed up the casual look with matching chunky green boots and silver chains, which contrasted with the delicate tulle.

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For the Inscrire runway show, this influencer wore a vintage Maison Margiela dress from the spring/summer 1997 collection. The purple Inscrire track pants brought an athletic and preppy vibe to the outfit, contrasting with the industrial burlap tunic. She tied the look together with black leather accessories: a Hermès belt bag, Margiela tabis, and an Acne Studios biker jacket.

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For the day three Yohei Ohno show, this influencer was channeling 60s fashion with the polka dots. She incorporated the pattern on her blouse and the strap of her bag. She matched this with black knee-high boots, which contrasted with the pale lemon yellow shorts and shirt. The tailored shorts add an androgynous sense to the outfit and contrast with the femininity of the silk blouse.

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The fourth look combines many different styles and textures to create a preppy outfit, inspired by 90s Ralph Lauren and actress Yuki Uchida. The fashion journalist, Yu Masui, has reworked a jumper and top to create a layered athletic jersey and paired this with a long tartan kilt. The skirt is followed by loose, rolled socks and shiny brogues, resembling a school uniform. He tops off the outfit with bedazzled hair clips and love heart earrings.

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The next looks come from stylist Yan and director Yuri, who combine vintage pieces to create two very aesthetically varied outfits. Yan mixes lace, fur, and ruffles for her feminine and romantic look. On the other hand, Yuri layers multiple belts around his waist and knees and finishes the outfit with Balenciaga sneakers for a modern and edgy look.

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The next look comes from Naoya (right), who channels school uniform once again, incorporating the huge influence of anime, schoolgirls, and ‘seishun’ on Japanese fashion. He layers a vintage leather coat and Offshore parker over a Ralph Lauren shirt, a vintage tie, black shorts, and finishes the look with black Zara brogues and white socks.

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For this outfit, Japanese TikToker Mari dressed head-to-toe in Maison J. Simone ahead of the show. She played on the boys’ boxers trend, showing the waistband underneath a foil plaid skirt, and pairing this with thigh-high patent boots. She wore a ribbed white tank top to match the boxers, layered a cropped blazer on top, and accessorised with a crochet net purse.

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This model duo channeled Britney and Justin in their all-denim outfits for the Tanaka show. The outfits were very cowboy-inspired, with his wide-leg pants and button-down shirt combining the Wild West with modern trends, thanks to the pale yellow shade and ripped kneecaps. She channelled cowboy style through a western-style studded belt, a classic patchwork denim dress, and detailed cowboy boots.

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This next set of outfits, worn by models Maria (left) and Lisei (right), once again mixes elegant tulle with chunky leather boots. Maria’s Chika Kisada dress is layered over black sequin flares and boxy square-toed boots and adorned with a y2k chainmail shrug. Lisei wears transparent Chika Kisada biker shorts over boxers, adding a masculine feel that balances out her tulle tank top. She finishes off the outfit with a pair of chunky Chelsea boots and a red lip.

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The final look, created by vintage store owner Ruka, instantly catches your attention with these fur trousers. Handmade from a fur coat, these are guaranteed to keep your legs warm in the winter.

The top is also handmade, combining a white mesh shirt with a ripped black blazer. She styles it with black Puma platforms and futuristic sunglasses for the Khoki show.

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This duo served some chic energy in Fetico outfits featuring a grey trench coat and shorts with Yellow knee-high boots (left) as well as a daring ensemble of cut-out black tops (right).

Model Yuka Mannami nailed the goth-girl-glamour aesthetic in this Fetico black gown with lace trimmings.

Looking pretty, model Emily Fujita wore a Melissa floral two-piece with brown boots for a boho-chic style.

This duo looked ready for some serious fashion business. Tomomi (left) wore a Ganni organza puff sleeve top with vintage black trousers, a statement-making Comme des Garçons bag and Zara boots. While Ami (right) styled a Kishidamiki vest with a Stinegoya tie-dye top and Yohei Ohno black trousers.

Bringing the edge to the Tokyo streets, we love this distressed patchwork denim look with a cropped black tank and rib chain accessory.

This city-chic look featured a form-fitting denim maxi dress with a puff sleeve white blouse and pointed red boots.

Rocking the Barbiecore trend, this fashionista stood out from the crowd in a pale pink ensemble featuring a cropped t-shirt, tailored trousers and suit jacket.

Keeping it simple yet chic, this monochrome look included a cropped jacket, tailored wide-leg trousers, a bucket hat and leather bag.

This fashion fan embraced Tokyo’s renowned playful style in this uniform-inspired look featuring a white shirt, lip-printed tie, oversized blazer, wide-leg printed trousers with a mini bag and bucket hat adorned with soft toys – A* for effort.

This red vinyl 80s-style power dress packed a punch paired with traditional Japanese red pumps and a Gucci bag for a glam streetwear look.

Words by Emily Hemsley

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The new digital landscape of AW21 Fashion Week continues to flourish from our computer screens. The most recent instalment in the show series takes place in Tokyo via Rakuten Fashion Week, where the organisers are mixing it up with a combination of livestreamed shows, look books, and pre-recorded video.

While some of us may miss the opportunity of seeing these shows in person, the fashion industry’s effort to make Fashion Week events inclusive are more than welcome in these uncertain times.

With that being said, we’ve been keeping an eye on the designers taking to the virtual stage in Tokyo. Read on to find out who has caught our eye and made us do a double take so far.

SEVESKIG

Making their Tokyo Fashion Week debut, SEVESKIG hit the virtual runway with a pre-COVID concept that emphasised casual meetings and get-togethers. Noted for their signature use of leather, SEVESKIG seek to combine elements of motorcycle-wear with idealised American visuals. The premise of the AW21 Collection in particular examines the brand’s stance on using real leather despite its growing disuse amongst the Japanese public; SEVESKIG’s founder, Takanori Nagano, believes that the durability and reusability of real leather makes it a more sustainable product despite how its reputation has suffered in recent years. This commentary shapes the collection in its visual presentation, which shows its models in gift packaging that questions: “What do you really know?” SEVESKIG’s collection celebrates this theme through the mixing of leather trousers, coats, and accessories with check and denim streetwear.

KEISUKEYOSHIDA

The theme of KEISUKEYOSHIDA’s AW21 Collection is “Like a dead pigeon”, a metaphor which is synonymous with the death tarot card: a fresh start from a seemingly bad end. Designer Keisuke Yoshida approached this from the angle of youth culture, in particular how young people seem to experience a “dull youth” due to the uncertainty of modern times. While set in a white classroom with bright purple desks and chairs, the collection itself references recognisable elements of girls’ school uniform – plaid and pleated skirts, knee-high socks, and loafers. Jackets and coats are pushed to the front of a look to imitate the silhouette of someone leaning forward, creating a hunched figure that highlights the idea of feeling downtrodden. Dead pigeons also feature as a graphic motif on the front of hoodies and coats. At face value, the collection promotes the narrative of dejected youth, but Yoshida has indicated this is simply a celebration of moving to a brighter future – times appear hard at present, but hindsight makes you realise how far you have progressed.

Mikio Sakabe

Material luminosity and metallic surfaces are offset by a largely neutral colour palette in Mikio Sakabe’s AW21 offering. Layering and oversized fits are used to create silhouettes which play on scale and shape, as seen by the collections takes on oversized puffy coats and structured blazers. Accessories and details also become part of the layering mechanism, taking on the form of multiple pockets, cross-body bags, and straps. The matte textures of the collection gradually begin to incorporate more metallic accents and fabrics, with a glittery sheer material being used to create flowing dresses and coats. The impact of the pandemic is also made apparent through the incorporation of masks, which cover the whole head save from an open strip across the eyes; these masks have a resemblance to both skiwear or hazmat suits.

beautiful people

With a brand motto that champions the saying “everything is beautiful”, beautiful people aim to design clothing that goes beyond a singular beauty standard. In doing so, the brand’s aesthetic brings together contradicting concepts and aesthetics to create their looks. Their AW21 Collection is no different, mixing multiple textures, prints, and shapes together to make a collection where each look can stand on its own. Favouring a colour palette centring on shades of black and grey, the collection favours exaggerated silhouettes which are created through large shoulder pads, wide sleeves, oversized fits, and drapery. Outerwear features prominently but isn’t limited to coats and jackets; models are seen wearing suit jackets as corsets in a new version of the three-piece. As a seasonal preference, hats are used as a main accessory to both complement and offset an outfit – you won’t find a trapper hat out of place when styled with a sheer, floral maxi dress.

ADELLY

The ADELLY brand seeks to highlight the elegance and grace of the female shape, characterised by A-line dresses and floral prints. Taking inspiration from 1940’s women’s fashion, ADELLY’s AW21 Collection takes all the structural components of a vintage silhouette and combines modern colour palettes and pattern blocking. High, conservative necklines are used to emphasise statement collars and ribbons, with knee and calf length skirts building on the optical impression of lengthening the lines of the body. ADELLY also build on this through their attention to linear forms, which ranges from stripes and pleats to vertical folds and lace detailing. The collection is overall characterised by a pervading softness that is reflective of ADELLY’s wish to celebrate femininity, with loose silhouettes, flared skirts, and pastel accents solidifying this visual message.

mintdesigns

Hokuto Katsui and Nao Yagi’s brand, mintdesigns, is all about breathing freshness into the fashion landscape. Their AW21 collection, titled The Night Circus, pushes these ideas to the forefront with a collection that plays on manipulations of scale and texture as well as representations of androgyny. The women’s brand blends more extreme elements of performance costume – stilted heels, gloves, and face paint – with fashion staples more commonly found in streetwear, like oversized jumpers and wide leg trousers. Pattern and texture also feature heavily as layering pieces, which build the visual depth of a look beyond its neutral base colour. A white shirt is layered with a floral printed skirt, another check print skirt, and a multi-textural black sweater vest. In another look, a long beige coat with white lace panels is draped over a pair of blue and white wide leg trousers. Clashing in the best way, these fragments are pulled together to create outfits that are fun to digest and pick apart.

Words By Charlie Colville

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Take a look back to your childhood, I’ll guarantee a piece of clothing stands out. The one piece perhaps that showed you how much fun fashion can be, and set off a life long love affair with it. Mine was a Petit Bateau raincoat, and despite different sizes and colours throughout my life, none has given me the same satisfaction of wearing the first one. It’s my fashionable nostalgia.

Almost every designer and artist takes inspiration from their childhood at some point in their career. Alexander McQueen often drew upon his hardscrabble childhood to influence his collections, and Jeremy Scott constantly references childhood with his use of SpongeBob, teddy bears and Star Wars for Moschino. However, no one uses childhood as a muse quite like Taiwanese fashion designer Shueh Jen-Fang for her brand Jenny Fax.

Set up in 2011, Jenny Fax stood out from the crowd right from its inception. With carefully crafted techniques and an extraordinary palette of colours and materials, Jen-Fang gives her pieces a unique sense of bizarre beauty, as if coming straight from a child’s imagination. Perhaps the most bizarre aspect of every Jenny Fax collection are the references to Cabbage Patch Kids. In 2012 it was models clutching dolls on the runway; 2016 gave us brightly coloured Cabbage Patch faces printed on t-shirts; and most recently we were shown a bright pink Cabbage Patch hand muff. It’s a genuinely eerie way of bringing a designer’s personality to a collection.

Aside from the creepy doll similarities, each of Jen-Fang’s collections is completely unique. Spring/Summer 2012 saw inspiration from school, delivered in a collection that was all about uniforms and prom queens. With pleated skirts, plain white shirts and colour-tastic manga images, the show presented the semblance of a love child of Disney and St Trinians.

2014’s indie-goth collection served up a concoction of neon coloured dresses and trousers contrasted with simple monochrome bralets, accented with simply-patterned black lace over dresses and capes. This collection also included hand-drawn manga prints on t-shirts, adding to the childlike nature of Jenny Fax clothing.

Fast forward to A/W ’18, and Jenny Fax takes a turn in a more sophisticated direction. Schoolgirl pleats have been discarded for pencil skirts and plain white shirts have given way for metallics to take centre stage. This turn to a more traditional womenswear leaves the bizarre aspect to take place in the accessories. Tiny shoes are stuck to the models’ feet whilst plastic hands hang eerily from their ears. Jen-Fang has proven reassuringly that she can remain true to her original take on fashion, even when she’s going in a more stereotypical direction.

Still in its infancy in fashion terms, Jenny Fax has already shown itself as a brand to complete on the world’s stage. With or without childhood attachment, I for one cannot wait to see what they have in store for Tokyo Fashion Week this month.

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