In the 80s, Japanese fashion aficionados were enamored by the punk, heavy metal, and goth rock sensibilities that had become popular in the US. Thus, Visual Kei was born. Characterized by heavy ...

The 1980s was possibly the boldest decade in modern fashion history ... dresses and Thierry Mugler’s angular shoulders. Many ’80s trends have resurfaced in recent seasons – both on and ...

Strutting to bouncy ’80s dance tunes ... that's good news for manufacturers, the fashion show Thursday showed there's still a lot of uneasiness in Japan about this sometimes unseemly side ...

After his heyday in the 1970s and ’80s, and as Japanese fashion gained global prominence for its cultivation of a pared-back minimalism, Kansai continued to explore his interest in traditional ...