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Japanese convenience store chain Family Mart opens first clothing store in Tokyo

Japanese supermarket chain Family Mart, which also offers clothing, operates over 15,000 stores nationwide. On September 1, 2025, it opened its first store dedicated exclusively to its ‘Convenience Wear’ segment, spanning 62 square metres. The line was developed in 2016 with designer Hiromichi Ochiai, who also founded the Japanese brand...

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Slowear Venezia opens its second store in Tokyo

Slowear Venezia, the all-Italian retail concept store, has opened its second Tokyo location in Marunouchi. This new store features an increased number of products and sharing spaces. The new location also introduces a more modern, eclectic concept for Slowear Venezia. With the help of Visual Display, an avant-garde Italian company that creates...

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MAGIC JAPAN - 4th edition to come - 26th to 28th September 2018 - Tokyo as fashion melting pot

# 4th edition of MAGIC JAPAN Tokyo to run from 26 to 28, September 2018 – exiting offer – inspiring environment – Tokyo, the melting pot of trends and fashion in Asia. # Dates for spring/summer 2019 announced to match the international show calendar With its fourth edition MAGIC JAPAN proves its leading position as the major fashion trade show...

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Video: An Expert's Guide to Vintage Shopping in Tokyo

"> Designer John Elliott and WWD’s style director Alex Badia head to Kōenji, a district of Tokyo, to go vintage shopping in three stores, including Don Don Down and Slut. While finding one-of-a-kind pieces, Elliot discusses why he thinks Tokyo contains the best shopping in the world, what it was like creating women’s wear for the first time and...

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Tokyo school hires guards after Armani uniform furore

A Tokyo school that hit international headlines for introducing an Armani-branded uniform has been forced to hire security guards after several students faced harassment over the pricey kit. Taimei Elementary School in Tokyo's wealthy Ginza district brought in professional guards this week after at least three of its pupils encountered abusive...

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How Japan's first dressmaking school changed women's lives

Born out of a drive to make Western-style clothing accessible, Tokyo's Bunka Fashion College unleashed a sartorial and social revolution among Japanese women after it opened nearly a century ago. And while its current 21-storey concrete structure in the heart of Tokyo's business district doesn't scream high-fashion, it is the place to be for...

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Tokyo named world’s “hottest” retail market

London - Japan’s capital Tokyo has been named the world’s “hottest” city for retail expansion, according to the latest CBRE report, ‘How Global is the Business of Retail?’. The report, which tracks the target markets of new brands in 164 cities in 50 countries, found that Tokyo was the most popular after it attracted 63 new brands last year and...