cool like a nighttime swimming pool

like i always say, i enjoy adding really teched out accessories to a lo-fi outfit...unfortunately i lost my beloved air rifts (nike's infamous splittoe maryjane sneakers) early this year so i'm on the hunt for another pair preferably in red along with more sneakers like the nike kukini and reebok pump fury.

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I've been thinking about how i want to develop my style
I want my clothes to have a sort of deep, earthy feeling

casual and comfortable, colorful
strange
happy

warm


full of character


there are people who can dress in a certain way
that evokes a wave of emotions and memories and images all at once
this feeling, this quality surrounds them in a very natural way
as though the clothes they wear are simply an extension of who they are

nothing more, nothing less


a while ago i saw this boy
i couldn't identify a single label he was wearing
instead i saw and felt a collection of things
like

the wind, old curtains, sand, pearls, kaleidoscopes,
sailboats, treasure chests.....


it was very special
very inspiring

i appreciate people bringing something beautiful to the streets


my wardrobe right now is too coherent
too based on labels
lame
i want to collect different, more anonymous clothes
maybe i need to start going vintage shopping again

i want to dress like a scrapbook

dopest ghost in town

do you remember Casper in KIDS? my friend and i had a weird obsession with him in junior high


im sort of loving the rising sun on the japanese flag at the moment. it might have been inspired by the stupid gangsters in Madness in Bloom? trying to look for pieces from commedesgarcons ss07 to satisfy this need for red circles.




i kept forgetting to mention, i got those bernhard willhelm+camper sandals
when i saw them in person i had to go with the pink, they are so soft and bubblegum-y and sweet (ill try to update photo of all this stuff soon) theyre like the ugly fat cousin of THE balenciagas i love...although obviously i love anything balenciaga



speaking of which bernhard willhelm's AW09 boots are SO GOOD. short boots that are a sort of docmartens/timberland hybrid with leather straps instead of shoelaces. these will definitely be on my feet come winter

LOVE kimonos. i wanna wear one to my graduation. kimonos are all about mixing patterns and color, bold and subtle, traditional and modern.... shiina ringo always looks incredible in them


and im getting a thrasher hoodie for sure
drop

i like geodesic domes. something about how theyre round yet made up of triangles
tomi & cherry

still feeeelin this old marjan pejoski ad. i wish MP had more stockists here...

i cant get over how incredible Ranpo Jigoku (Ranpo's Noir) was! i found out about the costume designer Michiko Kitamura through this film. words cannot describe the way her costumes complimented the erotic grotesque-ness of the film.
in one story she used a lot of loose drapey white/beige-ish cotton and linen pieces that were very suzuki takayuki/paul harnden and those images have really stuck in my mind... her costumes are very modern and yet there is always something distinctly japanese about them and i guess that is what makes her so special



and while we're on the subject, here's another costume designer I've been obsessed with for a while: Hibino Kozue. i found out about her when last yr when i happened to catch a tv show for kids with OUTSTANDING costumes. i was shocked really. it was what, 4pm? and i see something like this on the screen.

just...wow. isn't it great to be able to find extreme visual stimulation outside the realm of silly music videos and arthouse movies? the program is called "nihongo de asobo" and it won the Good Design Award for 2004.

saw the documentary Paris is Buring (1990) in class and loved it. i'm a sucker for 80s soul, i get very nostalgic listening to that stuff even though i wansnt even born yet



the Ichikawa sisters have such mesmerizing facial features.

younger sis older sis