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It's always fashion week somewhere!
From quaint, low-key finds to massive, multiple-floored chains, here are eight stores you need to check out the next time you find yourself in Japan's capital.
Artistic Director Kim Jones presented his sophomore collection for the French house in Tokyo on Friday.
Having already sold more than 200 million products with its warmth-trapping Heattech technology, the Japanese retailer is setting its sights on billions.
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Karl Lagerfeld is in Japan this week to stage the Chanel spring couture show in Tokyo (no word on whether he'll reconstruct the airplane-cum-runway). He'll stay there for a few days for some other Chanel events during Tokyo fashion week and to support the country one year after the devastating tsunami. As usual, he had some funny things to say. At a party to celebrate the opening of "The Little Black Jacket" art exhibition, he told WWD, "This is a special homage for Japan because after what happened, I thought it was a nice thing to do for Japan," adding, “I think they survived it pretty well and did it with great style and as a country [others] could learn from them.” This was Lagerfeld's first visit to the country in eight years, and he had some observations about how he thinks the Japanese people have changed, thanks to, um, cake:
I spent last week in Tokyo and Kyoto. While I was technically on a holiday, there's so much fashion-related stuff going on that I couldn't help but ma
I knew exactly who I wanted to interview for my first Life With column as I soon as I got the job here at Fashionista, my old friend Elizabeth Kiester