Devilishly Cute | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Of the many women's fashion magazines in Japan, Koakuma Ageha has been making waves for its especially daring fashion suggestions. Launched in October 2006, it covers hairstyle, makeup, and fashion and targets young women who love designer-brand goods and seek fashions that attract men.

"Real Clothes" Hit The Runway | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Of the many women's fashion magazines in Japan, Koakuma Ageha has been making waves for its especially daring fashion suggestions. Launched in October 2006, it covers hairstyle, makeup, and fashion and targets young women who love designer-brand goods and seek fashions that attract men.

Devilishly Cute | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Of the many women's fashion magazines in Japan, Koakuma Ageha has been making waves for its especially daring fashion suggestions. Launched in October 2006, it covers hairstyle, makeup, and fashion and targets young women who love designer-brand goods and seek fashions that attract men.

"Real Clothes" Hit The Runway | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
The Tokyo Girls Collection is a twice-yearly fashion festival of unparalleled scale. Unlike typical collections, in which designers present their latest works to buyers and journalists, TGC directly targets women in their late teens and twenties, with popular fashion models walking the runway in "real clothes" (fashionable streetwear) that young women can actually add to their wardrobes.

Goodbye Black, Hello Gray | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Until recently, black and white have reigned supreme as the base fashion colors. But now the popularity of gray is on the rise, and the list of fashion essentials is topped by feminine items, such as long knit cardigans and traditional pleated skirts.

Hooray For Hosiery | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Hidden underneath long boots until recently, tights and stockings are regaining popularity as fashion items. The favorites among young fashion aficionados are delicate lace tights in black and gray, which they often wear with tight or tiered miniskirts for a feminine finish.

Inspired by African and Asian Folk Costume | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
African and Asian folk costume is one of the key motifs for spring and summer fashion in 2005 and featured heavily in the fashion shows of Tokyo and other couture capitals last fall.

Maritime Chic | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Nautical fashion is gathering force as a spring and summer fashion trend. At department stores and boutiques, classic navy-blue pea jackets and sailor shirts are displayed beside lineups of roped belts, accessories shaped like anchors and seashells, and other maritime-inspired items.

Goodbye Black, Hello Gray | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Until recently, black and white have reigned supreme as the base fashion colors. But now the popularity of gray is on the rise, and the list of fashion essentials is topped by feminine items, such as long knit cardigans and traditional pleated skirts.

Hooray For Hosiery | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Hidden underneath long boots until recently, tights and stockings are regaining popularity as fashion items. The favorites among young fashion aficionados are delicate lace tights in black and gray, which they often wear with tight or tiered miniskirts for a feminine finish.

Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
When it comes to fashion, young people across Asia look to Japan�s vibrant, innovative youth culture for inspiration. Be the first to discover the designers, clothes, accessories, and cosmetics that will be taking the world by storm in the months to come.

When Fashion Meets Art | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Art-inspired fashion is increasingly visible on the streets of Tokyo in the form of T-shirts with artsy graphics, dresses with optical and abstract patterns, and other eye-catching items.

Middle-Aged and Looking Good | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
More and more Japanese men are taking an interest in fashion. This rapid in men's fashion consciousness has been sparked by such factors as the success of magazines like Leon, which targets middle-aged men who want to give off an air of sophisticated cool.

99-00 | Fashion | Memory Lane | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Young people across Asia look to Japan�s vibrant, innovative fashion scene for inspiration. Discover the designers, clothes, accessories, and cosmetics that have taken the world by storm in recent years.

Layered Food | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
The kasanegi (layered) look, featuring two or more layers of clothing, has become a staple of Japanese fashion in recent years, and now a culinary technique inspired by this fashion concept is gaining popularity.

Asymmetrical Design | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Asymmetrical design, or clothes in which one side is not the same as the other, is currently one of the more conspicuous trends in Japanese fashion.

05-07 | Fashion | Memory Lane | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Young people across Asia look to Japan�s vibrant, innovative fashion scene for inspiration. Discover the designers, clothes, accessories, and cosmetics that have taken the world by storm in recent years.

Girls Want Curls | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Curly hair is back in style. Women from their teens through thirties are styling their tresses in big, soft waves an effort to duplicate the cute, feminine hairdos currently featured in the fashion magazines, including on popular model Ebihara Yuri.

109 Hits 25 | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Located in the Dogenzaka district of Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, the center of fashion for young women in Japan, Shibuya 109 marks its twenty-fifth anniversary this year.

Ambassador of Beauty | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Legendary designer Hanae Mori held her final fashion show at the Haute Couture Show in Paris in July 2004, bringing an end to a career that has spanned about half a century.