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...high fashion is a luxury earned through maturity. But in Tokyo, it's a birthright. Gaggles of young women live at home, piling up enormous disposable incomes that make them the one bright spot in an otherwise moribund economy. With even high-school girls able to afford a Louis Vuitton handbag, the cachet of haute couture is rapidly wearing off. "People in Japan no longer feel they have to prove they're rich by wearing expensive labels," says Takizawa, who himself rarely wears head-to-toe designer togs. "The whole ideology of fashion is becoming more inclusive...
...playing mixed doubles with the world of tennis. At the spring 2004 menswear shows in Milan last week, Gucci designer Tom Ford introduced a chic take on the tennis bag in crocodile and a Stan Smith-style sneaker with croc trim. At the menswear shows in Paris, meanwhile, Louis Vuitton featured tennis whites as a major theme. Over at Wimbledon, where tennis was actually being played, Venus Williams was serving up her new look on Centre Court: a Diane Von Furstenberg-designed Reebok tennis dress with corsetlike lacing up the back. Anna Sui's current line includes "a tennis dress...
...Unfortunately, this dizzying fuss has caused a bit of a problem for Murakami. As he chats before going to a party to celebrate the construction of Louis Vuitton's newest store in Tokyo (the last such obligation he has to the company for a while, he is quick to point out), he is surprised at just how overwhelming the fashion frenzy has become. The crease in his brow, the nervous laugh, the fidgeting: Murakami is uncomfortable. Stroking his wispy beard as a Louis Vuitton minder hovers nearby, he's a touch concerned that too many people, especially in the West...
...exposure in being a fine artist. But there is also little distinction between high art and low art, and no cultural repercussions for flitting between the two. That's why he viewed this fashion foray as a perfect way to become better known in his own country, where Louis Vuitton is the godhead of the nation's real state religion: the worship of luxury brands. (Indeed, Japan accounts for one-third of the company's international sales). Mission accomplished: in Japan, Murakami is now magazine-cover, mobbed-in-public, rock-star famous?something that a million gallery shows could never...
...parachute, I will make my landing back in Japan ... 3. Back overseas, into the fray." So how far does he think he has progressed in his quest? Murakami relaxes for a moment, looks around and grins, as if he's got a secret. "I think that Louis Vuitton is a big part of accomplishing No. 2. What I would like to do now is break down the barrier between high and low art in the West." How he plans to accomplish No. 3 is not exactly clear. There are those traditional motifs he's working on, such as calligraphy...