Description
Tokyo is considered one of the world's style capitals for its vibrant youth fashion culture. Part guidebook, part fashion photography album, Tokyo Fashion City takes a stroll through eight Tokyo neighborhoods, each with its own unique fashion characteristics, to see what streetwise young Tokyoites are wearing, where they're shopping, what they're eating and drinking, and where they're hanging out.
Author Philomena Keet and photographer Yuri Manabe accompany the reader to a number of unique Tokyo neighborhoods, including:
- Harajuku where high fashion rubs shoulders with hip-hop style
- Shibuya, birthplace of the "gal" and stomping ground for Tokyo's most sophisticated fashionistas
- Hipster hangout Daikanyama
- The goth and geek meccas of Shinjuku and Ikebukuro
- Bohemian Koenji and otaku neighborhood Nakano
- Ginza's lunching ladies and dapper gentlemen
- The cosplay paradise of Akihabara
- The narrow lanes of East Tokyo, where everyday Japanese fashion gets a traditional touch
Reviews
"From street fashion to catwalk, it captures eccentric Japanese Style." --Vogue
"The beautifully photographed book is notable not only for the great variety of looks it documents, but also for providing insight and background into the root of Tokyo street style and the individuals who constantly reinvent it." --Fashion Wire Daily
"Fashion fans will flip over the copious photographs of the endless permutations of Tokyo street style in Tokyo Fashion City: A Guide to Tokyo's Trendiest Fashion Districts, which includes guide maps to area stores and a breakdown of the popular styles, neighborhood-by-neighborhood." --Travel Channel
Book Information
ISBN 9780804857208
Author Philomena Keet
Format Paperback
Page Count 144
Imprint Tuttle Publishing
Publisher Tuttle Publishing
Weight(grams) 567g