Myths of the Forest

The searing clarity of the woodlands against the fresh flowing gowns of spring mix with the kitsch- candles, brightly painted men, and animals masks. There's almost an air of Juliet of the Spirits. From Vogue Nippon September 2006.

Mothra

Beast, monster, savage, kaiju!!! The Divine Moth who first debuted in a novel by Takehiko Fukunaga later moved on to films co-starred alongside Godzilla (original Japanese circa 1960s); a major enemy. Mothra will bite the enemy's tail as well as use her psychic abilities to conquer all. I just like the way Mothra looks...

Writtenafterwards A/W 09

Japan fashion week is really something special. Designers Yoshikazu Yamagata and Kentaro Tamai of Writtenafterwords reused and reformed paper, tape, wire, cardboard, and the usual textiles to craft these exorbitant roses. Other indistinguishable pieces more represented as walking sculptures stepped down the already avant-garde runway.

There is a divide; a curtain, between the western world of fashion and the eastern world of fashion. On the West, we have the original aspects of traditional fashion held high: fine materials, aesthetic value, and nothing too different. The West draws inspiration from the ideas and functions that worked previously. Perhaps a cause to this effect is the downfall of the Western economy (America). On the other side of the planet; the East, we have the strong idealism of reconstruction, excessive avant-garde, and more of an art than wearability factor. Look at Manish Arora. It's possible that the closest thing the Western world has to this is London fashion week. Both worlds of fashion support each other in a way. I couldn't pick a favorite if I had too!