A to Z Index of Japanese Fashion

Every label, designer, garment and idea in the Fashionista Bible, in alphabetical order. Each entry points to its essay, its collection or its dated entry in the Encyclopedia; garments and terms are explained in the Visual Glossary. Return to The Fashionista Bible for the essays in reading order.

A · B · C · D · E · F · G · H · I · J · K · L · M · N · O · P · R · S · T · U · V · W · Y

A

B

  • Balenciaga. Cristóbal Balenciaga’s house, opened in Paris in 1937. Collection · Entry
  • Bao Bao. Issey Miyake’s triangle-grid bag. Glossary · Entry
  • Beams. The select shop that opened in Harajuku in 1976. Collection · Entry
  • Big John. Kojima jeans maker, often cited as Japan’s first. Collection · Directory
  • Boro. Patched textile. Glossary
  • Bosozoku. The motorcycle tribes and their long coats. Guide · Collection
  • Broke City Gold. Kimono-stitched denim label run alongside COTE MER. Essay
  • Buzz Rickson’s. Military reproduction label of Toyo Enterprise. Collection · Entry

C

D

  • DC brands. The designer-and-character boom of about 1980 to 1987. Glossary · Timeline
  • Denime. Founded in Kobe by Yoshiyuki Hayashi in 1988. Collection · Osaka Five
  • Dior, Christian. The Paris house opened in 1946; the New Look followed in 1947. Collection · Entry
  • Dolce & Gabbana. The Milan house of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, with its D&G line. Collection · Entry
  • Doublet. Masayuki Ino’s label, LVMH Prize 2018. Collection · Entry
  • Dover Street Market. Rei Kawakubo’s shop, London 2004, Ginza 2012. Entry
  • Dries Van Noten. The Antwerp designer first shown in London in 1986. Collection · Entry
  • Dsquared2. Canadian-Italian label with a Japanese following. Collection

E

F

G

  • Galfy. Bosozoku-era streetwear. Collection
  • Ganguro and gyaru. The girl cultures of the 1990s. Glossary
  • Goldwin. Technical outerwear maker and distributor of The North Face in Japan. Entry
  • Goodenough. Hiroshi Fujiwara’s label of 1990. Chapter · Collection · Entry

H

I

J

K

L

  • Last Orgy. The song of 1988 and the Takarajima column of Hiroshi Fujiwara and Kan Takagi; a later column by Nigo and Jun Takahashi ran from 1991 to 1994. Chapter · Entry
  • Levi’s. The American original that Japan studied. Collection
  • Lewis Leathers. London rider maker, partner to Comme des Garçons. Collection
  • Limi feu. Limi Yamamoto’s label, begun in 2000. Collection · Entry
  • Lolita. Glossary
  • Louis Vuitton in Japan. Murakami, Kansai Yamamoto and Nigo. Guide · Collection

M

  • Maison Margiela. Founded in 1988 as Maison Martin Margiela by Martin Margiela and Jenny Meirens. Collection · Entry
  • Mame Kurogouchi. Maiko Kurogouchi’s label of 2010. Collection · Entry
  • Marni. Consuelo Castiglioni’s Milan label of 1994. Collection · Entry
  • mastermind JAPAN. Masaaki Homma’s skull label, launched 1997. Essay · Collection · Entry
  • Mihara Yasuhiro. Footwear and fashion designer. Collection · Entry
  • Miyuki-zoku. The Ginza Ivy boys of 1964. Glossary · History
  • Momotaro Jeans. Okayama denim label of 2006. Collection

N

  • N.HOOLYWOOD. Daisuke Obana’s Tokyo label; the founding year is given as 2000, 2001 or about 2002. Chapter · Collection · Entry
  • Neighborhood. Tokyo label of 1994. Chapter · Collection · Entry
  • Nepenthes. Keizo Shimizu’s shop, 1988. Collection · Entry
  • NIGO. Founder of A Bathing Ape and Human Made, creative director of Kenzo. Guide · Collection
  • Noir Kei Ninomiya. A Comme des Garçons label of 2012. Collection · Entry
  • Nowhere. The Ura-Harajuku shop opened by Nigo and Jun Takahashi in 1993 and closed in 2000. Chapter · Entry
  • Number (N)ine. Takahiro Miyashita’s label, 1997 to 2010, and its return. Chapter · Collection · Entry

O

P

  • Pleats Please. Issey Miyake’s pleated line. Essay
  • PPFM. The Y2K club-and-techwear label. Collection
  • Pure Blue Japan. Ken-ichi Iwaya’s indigo label, 1997. Collection

R

S

  • Sacai. Chitose Abe’s hybrids. Essay · Collection · Entry
  • Saint Laurent. The house of Yves Saint Laurent, renamed Saint Laurent in 2012. Collection · Entry
  • Samurai Jeans. Toru Nogami’s label, 1997. Collection
  • Sashiko. Glossary
  • Schott. American leather maker of the Perfecto. Collection
  • Seigaiha. Wave pattern. Wagara patterns
  • SHIPS. Select shop whose company dates from 1975. Entry
  • SOPHNET. Hirofumi Kiyonaga’s house, whose parent label SOPH. dates from 1998; its lines include F.C. Real Bristol and uniform experiment. Chapter · Collection · Entry
  • Stephen Sprouse. Graffiti monogram for Louis Vuitton. Guide · Collection
  • Studio D’Artisan. Osaka denim, 1979. Collection
  • Stüssy. The Californian surf label of 1980 and its International Stüssy Tribe, with Hiroshi Fujiwara as the Tokyo member. Chapter · Collection · Entry
  • Sugar Cane. Toyo Enterprise’s denim label, 1975. Collection · Entry
  • Sukajan. The souvenir jacket. Guide · Collection
  • Superflat. Takashi Murakami’s idea of 2000. Collection
  • Supreme. The New York label of 1994, with three Japanese stores in 1998. Chapter · Collection · Entry
  • Sutajan. The stadium jumper. Guide

T

  • Tailor Toyo. Yokosuka souvenir-jacket house. Collection
  • Takenoko-zoku. Harajuku street dancers. Timeline
  • Tedman. Flight and varsity jackets with artwork. Collection
  • The Flat Head. Masayoshi Kobayashi’s label, 1996. Collection
  • The Real McCoy’s. Hitoshi Tsujimoto’s Kobe reproduction label. Collection
  • The Soloist. Takahiro Miyashita’s label from 2010. Chapter · Collection · Entry
  • Toga. Yasuko Furuta’s label of 1997. Collection · Entry
  • Tokkofuku. The embroidered long coat. Guide · Collection
  • Tsumori Chisato. Chisato Tsumori’s label of 1990. Collection

U

  • Undercover. Jun Takahashi’s label. Essay · Collection · Entry
  • United Arrows. Select shop founded in 1989. Collection · Entry
  • Ura-Harajuku. The back of Harajuku, shortened to Urahara: the lanes where the labels of the 1990s opened their shops. Guide · Entry

V

W

Y

  • Yankii. The delinquent uniform. Collection · Thesis
  • Yohji Yamamoto. Black, silence and the cut. Essay · Collection · Entry
  • Y’s. Yohji Yamamoto’s line, established in 1972 according to his own company; Wikipedia gives 1973. Collection · Entry
  • Yves Saint Laurent. Founded with Pierre Bergé in 1961 or 1962; accounts differ. Collection · Entry

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Index terms: japanese fashion index · japanese designers a to z · japanese denim brands · japanese streetwear brands · amekaji brands · select shops japan · comme des garcons · yohji yamamoto · issey miyake · kenzo · undercover · visvim · mastermind japan · maison margiela · jil sander · marni · julius · helmut lang · dries van noten · dolce and gabbana · armani · christian dior · limi feu · saint laurent · balenciaga · y's yohji yamamoto · ura-harajuku · urahara · nowhere · last orgy · affa · sophnet · n.hoolywood · wacko maria · stüssy · supreme · ron herman · wtaps · neighborhood

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