The April showers staple was all over the runways�no surprise for a country that counts the rainy spring and summer months as a fifth season. Of coursework, the trench coat was introduced with a Japanese twist: at Everlasting Sprout it was sea green (a color that popped up throughout the week), at Kamishima Chinami it had cut-outs, at Yuma Koshino it was ruffled,
at Shida Tatsuya it was cropped, at Araisara it was color blocked, at Ambell it was textured, and at The Dress & Co. the belt was replaced by �sleeves� tied around the waist. But the stand-out was the mesh trench at A Degree Fahrenheit, which toed the line between sporty and sexy.
Tokyo is arguably the capital of trends, and with lovely reason: If platform Converse sneakers or cotton sweet pink crinoline skirts can�t make it here, they can�t make it anywhere. (For the record, they are practically a constant on the back streets of Harajuku right now.) Of coursework, it�s not over-the-top street style that sets the pace for local fashion�and when something catches on, it catches on all together. Which is why the major spring �12 trends of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo are of note. After all, today�s only-in-Japan knotted dresses may be tomorrow�s Marc Jacobs fall �12 collection.
Uneven Hems
For skirts and dresses, it was no straight story. Some labels, such as Fur Fur, opted for jagged layers, with different fabrics like lace poking out from the bottom of voluminous dresses. Others went for a hem that swept up in front, such as the glowing white skirts at Johan Ku and the show-closing gowns at Christian Dada and Junya Tashiro, or diagonally up the side, like at In-Process by Hall Shara. Then there were designers like Yasutoshi Ezumi, who kept classic cuts fresh with uneven edges�his sweater dress looked all the more modern for its zigzag bottom.Print-on-Print
Don��t put away the polka dots and stripes yet: Continuing with the fall e��11 mix-and-match trend, prints made their presence known in the work of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Everlasting Sprout, Somatic, Mint designs, Shina Satsuma, and Am bell all had bold combination, but the most playful was G.V.G.V., which paired pastel leopard print with Grey and green palm prints. In a city like Tokyo, there��s no such thing as much.
Sleeveless Blazer
The office standby got a warm-weather spin, with a handful of designers including sleeveless blazers in their collections. Jenny Fax kept it classic in navy (the better to pair with over-the-top amine-emblazoned dresses and exaggerated shoulders), as did The Dress & Co., whose tweed double-breasted vest was paired with matching shorts. Both Appraisal and Plumpness had color blocked versions, while at Shiraz it was a cracked white leather vest that stole the show.
Two-Tone
than picking color, plenty of designers employed a two-tone process with their designs. Hombre was an simple way to get the job completed, from the pink-to-purple space dye sweater at The Dress & Co. to the black-to-blue leather flats at Matthus. Kagoshima China mi took a different approach: On a pair of pants the front half was rust orange while the back half was khaki.Print-on-Print
Shades Of Grey
While there were plenty of bursts of color on the runway, there was no denying the somber, serious mood on plenty of others. The whole A Degree Fahrenheit spring �12 collection was comprised of soot Grey and black, while at Christian Dada all but of the pieces were jet black. Even shows which played up brights gave eyes a rest with muted, charcoal versions of the same prints, notably at Somatic and G.V.G.V. Think about it of the plenty of indications that Japan hasn't��t forgotten the catastrophe that befell the country earlier this year
Knots
Prepare to be fit to be tied this spring, judging by the prevalence of knots on the runway. Plenty of designers put a single knot on the front of a dress to give it shape and add some draping to the piece, including Ne-net, Wet.Vonnegut, and Shiraz (whose button-down dress was of our Fashion Week favorites). It wasn't��t the tops that were knotty: At Facetious a navy and white tie was featured prominently on the front of an otherwise simple pencil skirt, and at Somatic small knots covered a gold zip-up skirt.
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