Beams – Autumn/Winter 2009 Collection
Beams’ 2009 Autumn/Winter Collection is another entry into the canon of Japanese brands adapting the American look–almost always in either trad or boyish fashion. This contribution leans towards the boyish, adding love-it-or-hate-it updates (the drop-crotch) along with 1980-ish callbacks (the nylon jacket). Because of this, the collection manages to be both deliciously understated and simultaneously fashion-forward.
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Mastermind Japan Autumn/Winter 2009 Collection
While many fashion lines inspired by the early 90’s seem to think everyone in the era was either wearing t-shirts with colorful, large logos or skinny jeans and oversized flannel shirts, Mastermind Japan’s Winter 2009 collection offers a more nuanced exploration the times. Sure, there’s some flannel, a pair of fingerless gloves, and maybe even a wallet chain, but those stylistic decisions are tempered with the era’s Chicago White Sox-inspired black on black–with a touch of white–athletic wear (seen here as a varsity jacket), Karl Kani-esque dark denim matching jackets and pants, and the tone-on-tone matching of a black shirt and suit. The collection branches a little, offering a skull and crossbones heavy cardigan and all-black toggle coat but the overall aesthetic is a much more muscular, serious interpretation of an era whose influence had devolved into loud b-boys or toe-gazing wimps.
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Avoid Autumn Winter 2009 Collection
The collection is called “No Title. The Only Good Color” & by that they mean muted. This Japanese company’s pursuit is to concentrate on meticulous manufacturing by producing clothing that are staples in the wardrobe. The style in this collection is prep leisure/business. A mix of straight leg & loose fit pants is paired with a simple thick soled shoe for the bottom half. Up top, Avoid uses mostly short cut vests/jackets for the body but makes a statement with short jean jackets, multi toned lettermans, sleek hoodies, & a polyester anorak suit. For the accessorizer, the line finishes with a an assortment of aviator hats, accent scarves, and a one shoulder sport bag.
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Japan Stop Motion Video
Keep those awful memories of travel slide shows your aunts and uncles used to make you watch away and play this video of a couple’s travels to Japan. With their pictures, they’ve decided to edit a video of all the images they’ve taken accompanied by LCD Soundsystem’s song, Sound of Silver. The video includes some stop motion animation, which gives it an even more inspirational viewing.
Source: We Jetset
