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| Published in Japan's Zipper Magazine. November 1998. (via) |
These magazine scans are from the Japanese magazine Zipper, which dedicatedly chronicled the fashions coming out of the 1990s' street-fashion "Shangri-La": the Harajuku district in Tokyo, Japan. I am not sure who did the clothes in this editorial, but I think that the brand BA-TSU may be the feature designers. I wish that I could read the details in the footer of the layout.
BA-TSU is famous for their gothic lolita creations and costume design for the film Battle Royale (2000). I can't really find any huge source of their work. A translation of the characters in the title of the editorial reads: "twin anshi" -Anshi, perhaps, being a Japanese girl's name?
(Also check out Shoichi Aoki's magazine FRUiTS and Fresh FRUiTS photo books for awesome 90's Harajuku fashion)!
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ANYWAYS. These pictures are awesome and the clothes are too.
The thing that sticks with me is that everything looks so durable. The details of exposed skin feel perfectly functional for the very specific mission that these twins are on. If you wore these clothes it would be impossible not to pretend you were on a similar mission.
"We're infiltrating the robot dragon library and it is imperative that I keep my right knee cool".
I see some materials that look like neoprene SCUBA suit fabric and others that look like flannel, fleece and leather. I love the little flags of color sewn in the seams at the bottom of the gaiters and the zipper that also parts from the bottom of the jacket in the top photo.
Most of all, I really like the shape of both hoodie jackets. This presentation is so cool because it feels like the twins are inseparable in life and expert in their mission because of the way each outfit is similar but with its own unique shaping, details and colors!
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