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Special feature "MINGLE"

Since its launch in 1966 until 2008, Ryuko Tsushin has consistently focused on specializing in fashion, social change, and lifestyle through the creative work of a variety of creators.
This year, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Shibuya Parco, the magazine will be republished on August 25th, with a special feature on "MINGLE."
The magazine brings together a diverse range of artists, both old and new, through encounters between different things and events, and people, and everything intersects on an equal footing.

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For the cover, Yurie Nagashima photographed four young actors, Arisa Nakano, Rina Komiyama, Kazuna Osawa, and Kisaki Hattori. With the theme of ambiguous movements, she captures the natural expressions and moods of the four actors, who seem to have met before, but also as if they are meeting for the first time.

The fashion shoot was directed by three stylists with a theme of new fashion expression, and the shoot was conducted both in Japan and overseas. Shun Watanabe, Junko Kobashi, and Marie Higuchi were in charge of direction and styling, while Nikolai Ahn, Ryu Ika, and Antoine Harinthe were in charge of photography.

The customization and handmade project was once a big hit in the pages of Ryuko Tsushin. Designers from Japan and abroad have expressed a wide range of creativity in the pages of the magazine, from Uniqlo cashmere knitwear and plain aprons to handmade dolls. This time, we asked 12 Tokyo-based designers, including YUSHOKOBAYASHI, Tsumura Kosuke, CHIHARU EGAMI, and MUnited Kingdomai YUHEI, to customize used Ralph Lauren shirts and create their own items.

It also features new collages for Ryuko Tsushin by Tadanori Yokoo, who served as art director for 13 issues for one year from 1980.

This is a collection of five CONVERSATIONS featuring conversations between fashion designers, photographers, painters, and architectural designers and editors, critics, and writers who know them well. The book includes interviews with fashion designers Seiran Tsuno and Yudai Ono, photographer Kanade Hamamoto, painter Manami Mizukami, and architectural designer Yusuke Seki.

In ESSAYS, written by 11 people on various themes of their own choosing, psychiatrist Hoshino Kensan, fashion designer Azuma Kanae, artist Sato Hanae, DJ and event producer I-Ching Yang, music critic Tsuya-chan, and creative director Koishi Yusuke among others, use the text to develop their own creative works.

Other features include a fashion story shot by Sugita Seiji, editor of the independent magazine "apartment," which combines the three designers' personal clothes with items from their collections, portraits of young musicians taken by photographer Hosokura Mayumi, and party documents by photographer changsu.

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