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Designer Kawakubo Rei threw a wrench in the fashion machine in the early '80s
with her dark, austere designs. That her work doesn't appear as shocking today as
it once did speaks volumes for her far-reaching success. This eccentric, vaguely
disorienting architectural creation is her brand's flagship store.
(
www.comme-des-gar-
cons.com
; 5-2-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku;
11am-8pm;
Ginza Line to Omote-sandō, exit A5)
On Sundays
BOOKSHOP
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Tokyo's best bookshops, with an eclectic collection of avant-garde art catalogues,
retro postcards, ultra-mod office accoutrements and colourful coffee-table books.
(
www.watarium.co.jp
; 3-7-6 Jingūmae, Shibuya-ku;
11am-8pm;
Ginza Line to Gaienmae, exit 3)
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Sou-Sou
FASHION
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Details matter to Japanese fashion- istas - socks included.
Tabi
(split-toe socks)
are sold all over Tokyo in endless patterns and colours, but Sou-Sou sells high-
quality ones in fashionable designs. It also produces some serious footwear, such
as the steel-toed, rubber-soled
tabi
worn by Japanese construction workers.
(
3407 7877; 5-3-10 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku;
11am-8pm;
Chiyoda, Ginza, Hanzōmon lines to
Omote-sandō, exit A5)
