‘Sun and Stars’ will be held at Nakano Central Park from May 24 to 26. This event will mark its 2nd staging. For more information, please click here.

Hair artist YUUK and photographer Motohiko Hasui have teamed up to publish their photography book ‘10FACES’. This book will come out on May 31. It features portraits of 10 Japanese ‘it’ girls, such as Kozue Akimoto, NAKAO ERIKO, Kiko Mizuhara and Sayo Yoshida. In celebration of the launch of the book, YUUK and Hasui will also…

FIT hosted their fifth annual Pet Apparel and Accessories Fashion Show. A total of 18 dogs entered the competition of which three were shelter dogs up for adoption. The winner was Nicole Wilson, a recent FIT intimate apparel graduate who was inspired to enter the FIT pet design program by her puppy Dakota. “When I…

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is to host a new exhibition, “Punk: Chaos to Couture,” opening on May 9 and running through August 14. The exhibition includes 100 punk styles and ranges from the mid-70s at Vivienne Westwood’s and Malcolm McLaren’s London boutique and images of iconic punk band, The Sex Pistols, to examples of…

Paris-based photographer Ola Rindal will hold a book signing session at VACANT in Harajuku on May 17 (Fri). He shoots for fashion magazines such as PURPLE FASHION, ACNE PAPER, Union and SO-EN. He also shoots campaign and lookbooks for fashion brands including Louis Vuitton and Maison Martin Margiela. His latest photography books ‘Blindness’ and ‘Night Light’ will…

The Woolmark Company has announced the global nominees for the International Woolmark Prize 2014. Twenty-one nominating bodies from across the world have selected 49 of the most important emerging designers from Asia, Australia, Europe, India, Middle East and USA. The winners from the regional finals will receive a financial contribution towards their next collection, as well as…

John Galliano’s four-day class which was scheduled at New York’s Parsons fashion college has been cancelled, with an email being sent to students explaining why. “We are writing to follow-up on messages we shared with you on April 26 about the planned workshop with John Galliano,” begins the email, “It was a condition of our…

NEON O’CLOCK WORKS, creative unit of Tomihiro Kono and Sayaka Maruyama, is currently holding a pop-up store ‘NEON O’CLOCK LIBRARY’ at Laforet Harajuku from May 8 (Mon) to 20 (Wed). The store is selling the group’s new works as well as one-of-a-kind zines and rare books. It is also selling the books, posters and tabloids selected…

Australian cosmetic label Aēsop is currently holding a pop-up store at Tokyo Midtown until June 30 (Sun). Founded in 1987, Aēsop now runs over 60 stores around the world. <Shop Information>Aēsop pop-up store at Tokyo Midtown Period: April 24 (Wed) – June 30 (Sun), 2013Venue: Tokyo Midtown B1F Address: 9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, TokyoURL: http://www.aesop.com

In celebration of the launch of her new photo book ‘Sol & Luna’, Viviane Sassen, one of the leading Dutch photographers, will hold a book signing session at VACANT, Harajuku on May 10 (Fri). Sassen has gained international acclaim for her work shot in Africa. She also shoots for Carven and MIssoni, as well as i-D…

Sponsored by Audi, Yohji Yamamoto held a fashion show in Berlin on April 25. This was the first time for the Japanese label to organize a show in Germany, and the show consisted of 40 styles from its archive collection. In addition, Yohji Yamamoto also showed its documentary film ‘5 Cuts | A Visual Dialogue’…

LN-CC is currently selling a RAF SIMONS archive collection for the second time. The collection consists of products created between 1998 and 2008. The British retailer will start stocking RAF SIMONS from autumn/winter 2013. Its new collection is scheduled to be available for purchase from August. RAF SIMONS archive collection by LN-CCURL: http://www.ln-cc.com/mens-brands/raf-simons/icat/raf-simons-mens

UNDER COVER will organize ‘THE MAD MARKET’ at its Aoyama store from May 11 to 19. In this event, customers will able to buy some dolls, posters and pieces of furniture, which were personally collected by the designer Jun Takahashi. Samples from the previous collections will also be available for purchase. In addition, UNDER COVER will…

YouTube is currently holding the ‘YouTube MUSIC WEEK’ in Japan until May 6. Sixteen groups of artists, bands and music labels have participated in this event, broadcasting a wide range of music content. For more information, please click here.

VULCANIZE is currently hosting a travel art exhibition by GLOBE-TROTTER and Chie Morimoto. This show celebrates the launch of ‘baby blue’, a special edition of EOS M, and it presents travel photographs taken by using the new camera, which officially came out on April 25. The exhibition also showcases a GLOBE-TROTTER’s case decorated by Chie Morimoto and Seitaro Kuroda….

Source: WGSN Deacon, Bailey and Firth included in 22-judge line-upDesigner Giles Deacon, creative director of Eco Age Livia Firth and model and writer Laura Bailey are among a host of leading industry names lined up to judge the fourth annual WGSN Global Fashion Awards to be held at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum on October…

John Galliano will lead the first in a series of classes titled [SHOW ME EMOTION!] for students at the college’s Bachelor of Fine Arts program. The four-day course will consist of three days in the design studio with Galliano, followed by a Q&A and discussion session with the designer. In a memo sent to Parsons’…

UNDER COVER will launch its pop-up store at Isetan Shinjuku from April 24 (Wed) to 30 (Tues). The store will pre-sell the label’s new womenswear line ‘SueUNDERCOVER’ on a limited-basis. This new line is scheduled to be fully available for purchase from August this year. In addition, UNDER COVER has teamed up with Sanrio to…

(Left) Levi’s® × BEAMS for Men  (Right) Levi’s® × BEAMS for Women Levi’s® and BEAMS have teamed up to launch their collaborative jeans. These products will come out on April 20 in Japan and later in the United States. A design team of the San Francisco-based denim company has respectively designed two items for both men and…

In celebration of the launch of his new photography book ‘Life’s a Beach’, Martin Parr will hold a book signing session at Daikanyama TSUTAYA BOOKS on April 21 (Sun). It is necessary to make a reservation to attend this event, and up to 100 people will be able to have their books signed by Parr….

Finnish art director duo Ahonen & Lamberg will hold an exhibition at IDOL, Minami Aoyama in Tokyo from April 26 to May 26.  Based in Paris since 2006, they have been working with up-and-coming artists as well as mainline brands. <Event Information>Period: April 26 – May 26, 2013Opening hours: 11:00 – 20:00Venue: IDOLAddress: B1F, 5-11-9 Minami…

Photographer IZIMA Kaoru is currently holding his solo exhibition ‘You are beautiful’ at AI KOWADA GALLERY in Kiyosumishirakawa until April 27. For more information, please click here. The Japanese photographer will also be organizing a talk session tomorrow at THE PUBLIC. THE PUBLICURL: http://thepublic.jp

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The International Woolmark Prize is a global fashion competition that is credited with springboarding the careers of many designers including Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld. First, Regional editions take place in the U.S., India, Italy, Australia, China, the U.K. and France, with the winners of the regional rounds receiving $100,000 and then going on…