New shoes

I drop in b store sample sale on Thursday, and found 2 nice shoes there!

Amazingly, each of them cost only 35 quid!! Such a bargain!!!!!!!!

Opening Ceremony

b store

Denim shirts

Recently, I keep looking for light blue denim shirts.

These are my favorites:)

Acne £130

The Kooples £120

Should I buy now or wait for summer sale?

3.1 Phillip Lim Fall/Winter 2011

Love the 3.1 Phillip Lim's video "WEAVERS".

It features its Fall/Winter 2011 men's collection.

Models in minimal styling and use of shadows look great.

Ready for Summer

I've been away from blogging for over 2 months...

was so busy and lazy....

Well, I'll try to update more from today:)

A few days ago, I ordered sandals from one of my favourite UK brands, Unconditional through Asos.

And I got them today!

It was just 60 quid but looks much nicer:) 

Especially, I like details of embossed leather!

Can't wait for wear them!! 

[JP] Is Hedi Slimane back to YSL??

エディ・スリマン、YSLのデザイナーとして復帰？？

Elleuk.comによると、３月２日から開催のパリファッションウィークで発表されるコレクションをもって、ステファノ・ピラーティにがイヴ・サンローランのクリエイティブ・ディレクターを退任するという噂が流れているらしい。

この噂は、Kenzo PRのツイッターでのつぶやきから広まり、そのつぶやきはもう削除済みだが、「フランスの有名ブランドのデザイナーが交代するというビッグニュースを聞いた。そのブランドはつい最近CEOが退任し、今度はデザイナーが、“ここ数年ファッション業界にはいたが、デザインの現場から離れていた誰か”に変わる」という内容だった模様。

これはまさにエディ・スリマンのこと！！

YSLは正式なコメントを発表していないが、これが本当なら２０１１年を代表するファッションニュースの１つになるに違いない。

Is Hedi Slimane back to YSL??

According to Elleuk.com, rumours that Stefano Pilati will present his last collection for Yves Saint Laurent at the Paris Fashion Week which is held from 2nd of March.

Thanks to Kenzo PR's tweet, already deleted though, it read 'Just heard BIG news about this being a certain designer at an established French fashion houses last season and being replaced by someone major!', and followed 'CEO has just left and now the designer replaced by someone who has moved away from design the last couple of yrs but stayed in fashion.'


It really seems to point Hedi Slimane!!! 


Although YSL has not  been released any comment on this, If it's true, it must be one of the biggest fashion news of 2011!!!


I can't wait to see Hedi's sharp design again!


Source: Elleuk.com

[JP] The Kooples

初の日本語での投稿です。

基本、英語の勉強のためにも英語でブログをアップしてますが、いずれは日本語・英語のバイリンガル更新を目指してます。まずはちょくちょく英語でアップしたブログを日本語でもアップしていきますので宜しくお願いしま〜す！

今回はフランス発のブランド「The Kooples」について。

今週、パリにちょっくらユーロスターで行ってきました。そこで出会ってしまったのがこのThe Kooplesというブランド。

お洒落な広告ビジュアル

The Kooplesは２００８年にスタートして仏ブランドで、ミリタリーエレガンス、英国テーラリング、ロックミュージックからインスパイアされたデザインの洋服を展開してます。このブランド、もの凄い勢いで成長しておりまして、なんとフランスではすでに７０店舗以上（しかも３０店舗以上がパリに！）、イギリスでも６店舗展開してます。しかもアメリカと日本でのオープンも視野に入れているそうで、日本にオープンしたら売れる予感。

去年、ロンドンのカーナビーストリートに開店したのは知ってたんですが．．．地下鉄の駅でも上の広告を見たりはしていたんですが．．．ロンドンでは店舗に行ったことはありませんでした。なんかイギリスでの知名度はまだ低いみたいで、お客さん全然いなくて入りにくそうな感じだったので。笑

でも、パリにはほんと至る所に路面店があって、セール品が気になったのでちょっと寄ってみました。

白黒ベースにミリタリーのテイストを落とし込んだ細身のデザインのアイテムはまさにエレガント＆モードで素敵。ほんとリアルクローズにもってこいって感じです。

お値段もファストファッションに比べたら高いですが、品質とデザインを考えると間違いなくありです！ちなみに自分が買ったデニムシャツ（セール品）は６５ユーロ（７０００円くらい）で、ボタンのディティールなんかにもこだわりが感じられて、いい感じです。

早く日本にもオープンするといいのになぁ。

こちらは最新コレクションのルックです。どれもシャープなラインとエレガントなデザインが素敵。

The Kooples

The Kooples

This week, I visited Paris for 2 days and found my new favorite french brand, The Kooples!

The Kooples is a french brand established in 2008. Their inspirations of the design  are military elegance, British tailoring and rock music. The brand is growing rapidly and now they have over 70 stores in france (over 30 stores in Paris!) and 6 stores in the UK.  Now, they aim at opening shops in the US and Japan, and I'm sure it's going to be popular if they open shops in Japan!!

Well, although I knew they opened the shop on Carnaby Street last year and saw ads at the tube stations, but I've never been to the shops. In Paris, there are so many The Kooples shops and I just poped in to check the sale items.

The items are based on black and white, and the beautiful slim silhouettes with a twist of military clothes look elegant & mode. I love their design and they are great as daily clothes!

Also, the price is quite affordable, the shirt on sale (which I got) was only 65 euros. Of course, it's higher than high street retailers, but if I consider the quality and the design, I think it's worth it. 

Here's some look from the latest collection.

The Kooples

John Lawrence Sullivan Autumn/Winter 2011

From Spring/Summer 2011 season, John Lawrence Sullivan designed by Arashi Yanagawa has changed the location for his collection from Japan Fashion Week to Paris Fashion Week.

For the latest Autumn/Winter 2011 season, John Lawrence Sullivan presented the first catwalk show last month.

The theme of this collection is "a man has elegance". Tailoring suits and coats with beautiful silhouettes showed this theme from the beginning to the last. 

And this season, he  used  various check patterns with red, blue and grey. 

The collection itself is quite basic but I felt "elegance" from his challenge in Paris.

I hope that more and more talented Japanese designers challenge the world, not satisfying with their position in Japan.

White Mountaineering Spring/Summer 2011

Last Summer, I did intern at an editorial office in Tokyo and had a lot of precious experience there. One of the best things was watching the fashion show from the front row!

The day before I finish the internship, an editor kindly asked me "do you wanna go to the show after work?" Of course, my answer was "YES!!!!!" And as I got the invitation for the editor-in-chief, Luckily, I was taken to the front row!!

The show I watched was for White Mountaineering Spring/Summer 2011.

This brand has not been that famous in overseas yet, but in Japan, this brand has become popular in recent years. 

White Mountaineering is established by the designer Yosuke Aizawa in 2006 and the concept is "The field in which we wear the clothes is all outdoors." He had worked for Comme Des Garçons for 5 years before establishing the brand. The clothes which Aizawa designs are mixture of design, utility and technology and usually inspired by outdoor clothes.

Spring/Summer 2011 season seems very much about geometric pattern and Tribal print.

He used various patterns of print in the collection and was made the garments unique. The taste of outdoor was successfully filtered down to street casual.

Here's some looks from the show.

    Photos: houyhnhnm.jp

In this collection, especially, I really like the desert boots with geometric pattern.

You can check the latest collection and the stockists all over the world from here.

Balmain Autumn/Winter 2011

This season, Christophe Decarnin succeeded in creating gorgeous men's collection with mixture of military and mountaineering. Each piece of collection looks edgy but wearable.  Especially, I love lace-up boots, the peacoat and the fury jacket. 

Although it's gonna be pricey as it's Balmain, I want everything!!

Photos: Style.com

EASTPAK X Kris Van Assche

According to WWD.com, Eastpak has chosen Kris Van Assche as the latest collaborator.

The collection was presented in Kris Van Assche 2011 Autumn/Winter collection and will be available at selected Eastpak & kris Van Assche retailers from June 2011. The collection consists of 7 pieces of backpacks and oversized shoulder bags made of parachute cloth, leather and rough cotton and the price will be from 50 euros to 200 euros. 

Previously, Eastpak has collaborated with various men's designers such as Raf Simons, Rick Owens, Christopher Shannon and Gaspard Yurkievich.

Source: Kris Van Assche Teams up With Eastpak (WWD.com)

Jimmy Choo Shoes for men unveiled!!

I have been so excited since I've heard the news of re-launching men's shoes from Jimmy Choo last year, and finally pictures of the men's collection unveiled!!

According to Telegraph.co.uk, the collection includes chunky leather biker boots, wellies collaborated with Hunter, cashmere hi-top trainers with animal prints and classic leather loafers. The collection will be available from July 2011 and the price starts from£395.

Source: Jimmy Choo to launch men's shoe collection

Will red be a next colour trend?

By watching all the collection photos online, I found out "Red" will be a key colour for Autumn/Winter 2011.

Most of brands in the Milan collection adopted various "Red" from vermilion to burgundy in their collections and even more several brands like Dolce & Gabbana and Moncler Gamme Bleu used "Red" as their one of  the main colours .

Alexander McQueen

Bally

Moschino

Pringle of Scotland

Burberry Prorsum

Dolce & Gabbana

Emporio Armani

 

Jil Sander

 

Missoni

Moncler Gamme Bleu

Versace

   Photos: Style.com