Product Description The Harajuku neighborhood of Tokyo has become an international style mecca, a street-level fashion scene prowled by major designers looking for inspiration, and whose local, cutting-edge labels enjoy global cache. Style Deficit Disorder is the first book to explore this remixed, fast-forward fashion hotbed, profiling its most daring and influential designers, labels, stylists, and shops (including Comme des Garons, Hysteric Glamour, Super Lovers, A Bathing Ape, and Laforet). Featuring nearly 200 photos, essays by key Japanese fashion editors, and commentary by Edison Chen, Patricia Field, John Galliano, Shawn Stussy, Shu Uemura and others, this is a must-have, insider's look at an international fashion and pop culture epicenter, past, present, and future. Review "Style Deficit Disorder is an awesome encyclopedic breakdown of [Harajuku].." —The Fader "essential reading for anyone who wants to get the real lowdown on the fabled district." —Japan Times About the Author Tiffany Godoy is a contributor to V and Vogue Nippon and former fashion editor at Japanese culture magazines Composite and Studio Voice. She lives in Tokyo
