Chapter 05
Tokyo Fashion Week.
Season by season dispatches — long reads written between shows in Shibuya and Aoyama.
SS27
September 2026
Inside Tokyo Fashion Week: Four Shows, Four Visions of Fashion
There is no single way to experience fashion in Tokyo. One evening, a runway unfolds inside a traditional Japanese garden. The next, a collection becomes a meditation on smartphones and the way modern life steals our attention. Then Tokyo welcomes a Taiwanese designer celebrating the ocean, before ending the week in a legendary pro-wrestling arena.This season, a young fashion influencer joined the press circuit with invitations to four shows — and discovered four very different sides of Tokyo Fashion Week.
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AW26
March 2026
ANTHEM A Debuts Runway Show
with a Bold Message of Self-Discovery. Fresh off winning the TOKYO FASHION AWARD 2026, Japanese brand ANTHEM A made a memorable runway debut in Tokyo.
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AW26
March 2026
TANAKA's Blue Print: Where Time Leaves Its Mark
Inside the elegant halls of Tokyo's Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa, fashion stepped away from the traditional runway and into a dreamlike world. Instead of sitting along a single catwalk, guests were guided through the hotel's historic corridors and ornate rooms, where models appeared and disappeared as if moving through the pages of a living story. Accompanied by atmospheric music, the presentation transformed the century-old palace into an immersive stage, making every corner part of the collection.
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SS26
September 2025
MSML Captures the Pulse of Tokyo with Tokyo Rollin'
Some runway shows reveal their location months in advance. MSML chose a different approach. Invitations arrived with almost no clues, and only invited guests learned that the brand's second Tokyo Fashion Week presentation would unfold at Roppongi Hills Arena. The secrecy set the mood before a single look appeared on the runway.
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AW25
March 2025
The street outside the tent
Half the story of Tokyo happens on the pavement.
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SS26
RFWT
2025
SS26. Day 1. Global Fashion Collective
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RFWT
2025
SS26. Day 2. Tranoi Tokyo
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RFWT
2025
SS26. Day 3. MSML
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RFWT
2025
SS26. Memories.
AW26
RFWT
2026
AW26. Day 1. ANTHEM A
AW26
RFWT
2026
AW26. Day 2. TANAKA
SS27
RFWT
2026
SS27. Day 1. HARE-1
SS27
RFWT
2026
SS27. Day 1. HARE-2
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RFWT
2026
SS27. Day 2. MITSURU OKAZAKI
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RFWT
2026
SS27. Day 3. CHARINYHE
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RFWT
2026
SS27. Day 4. YUKIHERO PRO-WRESTLING FASHION SHOW
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RFWT
2026
SS27. Tranoi Tokyo