Tokyo Fashion City - by Philomena Keet (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Tokyo is considered one of the world's style capitals for its vibrant youth fashion culture. Part guidebook, part fashion photography album, Tokyo Fashion City takes a stroll through eight Tokyo neighborhoods, each with its own unique fashion characteristics, to see what streetwise young Tokyoites are wearing, where they're shopping, what they're eating and drinking, and where they're hanging out.

Author Philomena Keet and photographer Yuri Manabe accompany the reader to a number of unique Tokyo neighborhoods, including:

• Harajuku where high fashion rubs shoulders with hip-hop style
• Shibuya, birthplace of the gal and stomping ground for Tokyo's most sophisticated fashionistas
• Hipster hangout Daikanyama
• The goth and geek meccas of Shinjuku and Ikebukuro
• Bohemian Koenji and otaku neighborhood Nakano
• Ginza's lunching ladies and dapper gentlemen
• The cosplay paradise of Akihabara
• The narrow lanes of East Tokyo, where everyday Japanese fashion gets a traditional touch

About the Author

Yuri Manabe is a Tokyo-based photographer whose distinctive portraits have appeared in a variety of prestigious music and fashion magazines, including Marie-Claire and GQ. He and Keet are the writer/photographer team behind the popular Tokyo Look Book (Kodansha International, 2007), which was acclaimed for its presentation of groundbreaking street fashion (Elle magazine) and great captions (Vogue).