All during The Force Awakens, my enthrallment at seeing a woman character kicking ass onscreen was interrupted by thoughts about her fashion and beauty looks that I couldn’t control and found mildly embarrassing. Wield that light saber, woman! I mentally cheered. That is such a fantastic no-make-up make-up look!
Last Sunday, the Textile Museum in Washington, DC promoted its exhibition on Japanese fashion in a unique way - with a Harajuku Street Fashion presentation and show.
Legendary avant-garde fashion designer Issey Miyake was 7 years old when the U.S. dropped the "Little Boy" atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the city where he was born. Miyake has never publicly discussed the events of August 6, 1945. Until now.
Issey Miyake, famous for his experimental methods of pleating, was born in Hiroshima, Japan in 1938. He's been designing since the '70s and shows no sign of stopping. Today in Paris, his show was the perfect example of his curious creativity: Fabric as canvas, as material to be folded, pleated, zipped, woven and…
