CONTENTS
THE COVERS
ANGELABABY wears t-shirt by MUGLER NICOLA FORMICHETTI wears t-shirt by MUGLER; hat by NICOPANDA; own necklace
KYARY PAMYU PAMYU wears dress by WRITTENAFTERWARDS NICOLA FORMICHETTI wears t-shirt by MUGLER; hat by NICOPANDA
photography MATT IRWIN styling NICOLA FORMICHETTI
THE FRONT
20 first shot: REN HANG
22 MARK FAST selects CHIAKI MORONAGA
24 GATEKEEPER select HOLLY HERNDON
26 EAT YOUR KIMCHI select NEON BUNNY
28 residency: MOTTO
Dazed & Approved 30 FASHION 34 BOOKS 35 ART 36 MUSIC 37 FILM
38 APPETITE FOR CONSTRUCTION
42 YE HONGXING
44 THE DREAM TEAM
46 new designer: SHENGWEI WANG
48 your history: KEIZO KITAJIMA
50 fashion archive: HYSTERIC GLAMOUR
52 ANIMAL INSTINCTS
54 report: ONE FOOT IN THE RAVE
56 head to head: VALLY GIRL vs BROOKE CANDY
58 CAN I KICK IT?
60 THE CASIO G-SHOCK AWARDS
62 transformer: DANIEL PINCHBECK vs DR SUNG BAEK
THE MAINS
64 cult vip: PUSHING THE EXTREME the redand-white-striped universe of horrormanga auteur KAZUO UMEZZ
68 PANDA MONIUM: how a panda-loving Soho fashionista called NICOLA FORMICHETTI conquered the world via Dazed, MUGLER and Lady Gaga
74 THE HAIR BEAR BUNCH the hypest, brightest, loudest, most colourful girls around, plucked from the streets and presented and styled by NICOPANDA
80 NICO FOLIO our guest editor travels from Tokyo to Hong Kong to showcase the new wave of East Asian creative talent
94 WHO LOVES YA, BABY in the first of our two cover stories, Chinese model/ actress/megastar ANGELABABY talks Instagram, Superman and “Gangnam Style”
100 CUTIE PIE how Harajuku kawaii, or “cute”, is going international, thanks to J-pop princess KYARY PAMYU PAMYU
THE FASHION
THE BACK
148 q&a art: pods and prehistory MARIKO MORI
150 q&a fashion: menswear and monsters MIHARA YASUHIRO
152 q&a film: teen-idols and Tokyo MIKA NINAGAWA
C O N F U S E D
154 q&a tech: robots, robots and more robots SHIGEO HIROSE
106 #BUTOH photography JULIA HETTA styling CATHY EDWARDS
156 q&a books: China’s migrating millions HSIAOHUNG PAI
116 #DEADFACE photography BEN TOMS styling KATIE SHILLINGFORD
126 #HOMESTYLE photography BENJAMIN ALEXANDER HUSEBY styling ROBBIE SPENCER
158 q&a music: J-rap and jewellery VERBAL
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160 last shot: NICOLA FORMICHETTI a star is born
136 #HAPPYENDINGS photography TERRY TSIOLIS styling KAREN LANGLEY
photography credit on the walter pfeifer q&A in isue 214 was misatributed to pfeifer himself. The followinG
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pologies to all concerned: Photography Rico & Michael yling Nicolas Vetsch