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BLUE BLUE JAPAN
BLUE BLUE JAPAN
SS21 CATALOG
Mr. porter
Why The Craft Trend Is More Relevant Than Ever In 2020
The coronavirus pandemic will likely lead to “a global recession of a magnitude that has not been experienced before,” according to trend forecaster Ms Lidewij Edelkoort. It will initiate a resetting of values, a revision of how and what we think about clothes. It will recharge our sense of touch. Now, then, is the time to celebrate how Blue Blue Japan’s relaxed-fit indigo tie-dyed sweatshirt will fade with age and how LAUD’s 18-karat gold, handcrafted signet ring is hammered with facets that catch the light from every angle. For his latest collection for Spanish fashion house LOEWE, Mr Jonathan Anderson sourced embroidered red and white cotton from Bangladesh and developed hand-dyed woven fabrics from Burkina Faso. The soul is back in fashion.
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True blue: Tokyo’s cult shop for indigo style
Known as the Brooklyn of Tokyo, Daikanyama is a hipster maze of fashion boutiques, bike shops, micro-breweries and brunch spots. This low-key neighbourhood at the edge of Shibuya is a charming mishmash of concrete structures and glassy storefronts. There’s T-Site’s modernist block of a bookshop, but also traditional wooden buildings such as Kyu Asakura House – a refined relic of the Taisho era that’s now a museum.
MR. PORTER
The Tastemakers’ Guide To Tokyo
This is Tokyo, but not as you know it: to celebrate the launch of MR PORTER’s The Japan Edit capsule collection, we collaborated with Mr James Oliver, founder of SLAMXHYPE and The New Order magazine, to profile four style insiders from the Japanese capital, asking them to take us to places outside the usual tourist spots and explain why these hidden locales are special to them. From trendy neighbourhoods packed full of vintage boutiques to quiet nooks for coffee, what follows is something of an alternative guide to one of the world’s greatest cities, featuring key pieces from our exclusive new collection, The Japan Edit.
SSENSE
Coyote Packs & Car Chase Music: The DJDS Sound
On the top floor of a 1930s apartment building overlooking the high-rises of L.A.’s Koreatown, producers Sam Griesemer and Jerome Potter of DJDS (formerly known as DJ Dodger Stadium) are working on new music. They’ve been collaborating since 2011 when they founded the record label Body High, and came into mainstream recognition when they worked on Kanye’s The Life Of Pablo, co-producing tracks like “Ultralight Beam” and “Fade,” with a focus on emotionally heavy samples.