Mercedes Benz Tokyo Fashion Week Fall 2012 overview

Matou S/S 2012/ Image:courtesy of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Tokyo

For decades Japanese designers, and Japanese pop culture have been a huge influence on western fashion, with everyone from Marc Jacobs to Gwen Stefani looking east for inspiration. This season, instead of simply reporting on all the New York designers whom are drawing on Japan for inspiration, we decided to go straight to the source, and accept an invitation to attend Mercedes Benz Tokyo Fashion Week. 

The official events surrounding Mercedes Benz Tokyo Fashion Week Fall 2012, which include installations, parties, and special exhibitions, kick off on Friday evening, but our coverage will start (assuming we can get internet access figured out!) on Monday.  The official runway schedule is as follows:

Friday, March 16th

Jun Ashida

Factum

Sunday, March 18th

Yuima Nakazato

Balmung

Motonari Ono S/S 2012/Image: MBFW TokyoMonday, March 19^th

Atsushi Nakashima

Kamishima Chinami

Hiroko Koshino

Somarta

Tuesday, March 20th

Etw. Vonneguet

Matou

A Degree Fahrenheit

In-Process by Hall Ohara

Alice Auaa

Whiz Limited

Yasutoshi Ezumi

Wednesday, March 21^st

Shiroma

Jotaro Saito

The Dress & Co Hideaki Sakaguchi

Support Surface

Fur Fur

Yoshio Kubo

Christian Dada

Christian Dada Fall 2011/Image: MBFW TokyoThursday, March 22nd

DressedUndressed

Yuma Koshino

Motonari Ono

Araisara

Friday, March 23

Everlasting Sprout

Johan Ku

Miss Ashida

MODEACOTE

Beautiful People

G.V.G.V.

Facetasm

Phenomenon

Tuesday, March 27^th

Tokuku 1er Vol

April events:

Lad Musician

Royal Chie

With so many creative and inventive labels showing, it's difficult to select a "one's to watch" list, but the Style Wylde team will definitely be on the edge of our seats waiting to see what avant garde labels, Fur Fur, and Christian Dada create, as well as slightly more mainstream designers Whiz Limited, Kamishima Chinami, Somarta, Matou, Jotaro Saito, Motonari Ono, and Araisara have in store.  

For more images from Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Tokyo Fall 2012 check back with Style Wylde next week, and for more images Japanese inspired fashion in the US check out the Style Wylde Galleries.