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  • John Lawrence Sullivan: the paradox of power

    John Lawrence Sullivan: the paradox of power

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    How John Lawrence Sullivan holds raw strength and refinement in perfect tension There is a specific feeling a John Lawrence Sullivan garment produces — something between being armored and being dressed. Both at once, without contradiction. Twenty-three years later, Arashi Yanagawa’s intention remains unchanged: to design clothes that give those who wear them confidence, and…

  • When Punk Learned to Speak Japanese

    When Punk Learned to Speak Japanese

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    In Japan, a society deeply rooted in conformity where “the nail that sticks out gets hammered down,” the arrival of punk in the late 1970s was not an explosion, but a quiet infiltration. This loud, confrontational, and unapologetically Western movement found an unlikely resonance among Japanese youth, leading to a unique cultural phenomenon: a transformation…