EDITORIAL: Tokyo Tribe

VMAN - Winter 2010
Models Sen, Yuusuke Hirose, Riku Ootomo, Takeshi Uematsu, and Kentaro Sawano
Ph Koichiro Doi
St Shun Watanabe

In "Tokyo Tribe", an all-Asian squad of models are assembled for an updated take on Japanese samurai, dressed in modern casualwear. Gone is the traditional armor, replaced by colorful patterns from Jil Sander and Lanvin.

It is rare to find an editorial with an all-Asian cast but with the emergence of Southeast Asia as an economic power, specifically China and Japan, it is becoming more common and more diversity within the fashion industry is always welcomed.