Gender-bending fashion on Tokyo runway bang on trend
By AFP
25 March 2017 |
3:55 pm
Japan, for decades a pioneer of the androgynous look in the style of Comme des Garcons, Yohji Yamamoto and Kenzo, is spawning young designers blurring the lines expertly between masculine and feminine.
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