Word: denimed
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...goateed, denim-clad Takizawa isn't the only highbrow designer teaming up with street-fashion labels in a high-low endeavor that has rocked Japan's fashion scene. Last year, the icon of Japanese haute expression, Yohji Yamamoto, joined forces with Adidas to sell a new line of sportswear, tagged Y-3. This month, Puma will showcase its latest sneaker collaboration with Yasuhiro Mihara, Japan's version of a younger, spikier Manolo Blahnik. Ironically, the decision of these high-fashion designers to come down from their ateliers and mix with the skateboard set is less their own than the imperative...
...Entering from the north, one of the first vintage-togs stalls is All About Denim run by laid-back Gai, whose sound system seems to play only two types of music: country and Western. Stocking seriously battered cowboy boots (from 500 baht, which is $12, upwards) and garish, gabardine shirts with pearled snap buttons (from 500 to 4,000 baht), this is the spot if you fancy kitting yourself out like singing cowboy Gene Autry. Just a few more meters into the m?l?e nestles hole-in-the-wall outlet Golden Man. Its friendly proprietor, Preecha?his chuffed, pixie face framed...
...from the 1960s and '70s take pride of place on his walls, and a pair of vintage, indigo Big E Levi's hang by the door. "Not for sale," says Preecha. "Just to attract good customers." Levi's, especially Red Tab and Big E versions, as well as Japanese denim brands such as Evisu, are in strong demand with collectors, he says...
...baht); a pair of olive-green U.S. Army cotton fatigues (700 baht, bargained down to 400); a pair of well-worn Levi's 501s (800 baht, down to 650); a "Made in Hawaii" rayon aloha shirt with coconut-shell buttons (1,000 baht, down to 700); a Lee denim jacket (600 baht, down to 400); a black canvas belt?very Helmut Lang (fixed price of 100 baht); one Fred Perry and two Ralph Lauren polo shirts (totaling 350 baht); and six U.S. college sports-team T shirts (the lot at 200 baht...
...Buddhist, Tan embodies those paradoxes inherent in this illusory, earthly life. He is a wealthy man who potters around in denim shorts and sandals and still lives in Singapore's notorious Geylang red-light district. "You see prostitutes all the time," he says before adding that he continues living there in memory of his parents, from whom he inherited the house. His daily routine is as austere as a monk's: he sleeps until 1 p.m., and when he wakes, he meditates before climbing 1,000 steps to warm up his calf muscles for his strenuous calligraphy sessions. He works...