Uniqlo Calendar Vol. 4

Uniqlo has just updated their digital calendar (also downloads as a screensaver). Vol. 4 uses time-lapse tilt-shift photography to turn some of Japan’s most scenic spots into captivating miniature scenes.

Vans Japan Sk8 Hi “Goatskin” Pack

Vans Japan has released a premium pack of goatskin Sk8 Hi’s. Tan coloured inner lining and matching leather logo tag on the tongue, a signature across the three different tonal colourways in this pack.

Images of Vans Japan Sk8 Hi “Goatskin” in red, brown and blue after the jump.

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Pharrell Blog on Honeyee

The Honeyee blog is here again, bringing back previous bloggers as well as some new personalities. Interestingly the producer Pharrell Williams has been drafted on board. The visionary behind the Ice Cream and BBC fashion labels has yet to post anything but is undoubtedly a nice new addition. Industry leaders Hiroshi Fujiwara, Hiroki Nakamura and Shinsuke Takizawa, as well as others rejoin the Honeyee blogging collective giving their reader’s upfront news.

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Passarella Death Squad T-Shirt | UK Stockist

Founded in London in 2004, all of Passarella Death Squad’s fabrics are imported fom Tokyo and hand printed in London. Label headman Danny Broddle says ‘This is dark sexploitation without being over-bearing. I like the idea of something being appealing from afar but inspiring up close’. This is the exclusive ‘Doraemon’ t-shirt designed with Japanese store Loveless.

Available now from Oki-Ni the only stockist outside of Japan.

Kazuhiko Kawahara

The Japanese photographer and architect Kazuhiko Kawahara uses digital manipulation to transform landscapes and infrastructures. Kawahara acts as a human kaleidoscope changing normal formations into blended patterns. Using lines, repetition and depth he creates images which please the eye and are yet complex enough to engage longer pockets of interest.

More images over the jump.

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Swagger S/S 2009 Collection

Swagger from Japan have featured their new offerings for Spring 2009 in Samurai magazine. Bold colours and intricate patterns throughout the range.

The items should soon be available at Swagger’s online store, choiceisyours.

All the pages across the link.

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honeyee.mag Vol 7

We’ve got some images and details about volume 7 of honeyee.mag’s. The issue will focus on the “Next Things” in regards to Japanese streetwear. The magazine will feature interviews with Fragment design’s Hiroshi Fujiwara and Hiroki Nakamura from Visvim. If you a Visvim fan then you’d also appreciate the special feature on Visvim’s Gore-Tex factory where many of their jackets are produced. It will also take a look at various other brands’ 2009 spring/summer collections. The new issue of honeyee.mag will hit stands January 21st at select retailers worldwide.

More images over the jump.
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