Posts Tagged ‘Japan fashion’

Fashion From Your Phone: The Mobile Mall

Imagine this: instead of hovering around the big white tents at Fashion Week, hoping that someone More Important Than You drops their badge so you can sneak into a show, you actually walk in and choose an available seat. And three of your friends can come too.
And instead of whispering your preferences to the person [...]

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Good Reasons to Wear Face Masks – They’re Cute

Last week, I went to the local drugstore to get a few cleaning supplies. I bought paper towels, two different types of cleaner – and a face mask.

“You freaking out about swine flu?” the cashier asked me, disdain oozing from every pore.
“No, I have a dust allergy,” I said curtly, and shoved my cash across [...]

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Swine Flu Fashion Already Embraced By Japan

If you’re living in Japan, chances are that you don’t have to prepare for swine flu, because you’re already in possession of an entire face mask wardrobe.
I’ve heard anecdotal tales of American friends flying to Japan, their anxiety at being seated on the plane next to a stranger with a face mask (are they trying [...]

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