Outfit: Springtime! In Tokyo

Anine Bing sweatshirt & jeans | ZARA denim jacket | 3.1 Phillip Lim bag | Alexander Wang boots | Michael Kors watch | Giorgio Armani sunglasses | Gorjana & Griffin cuff & rings | Juicy Couture leather wrap bracelet | Drake & Barnett beaded bracelets

I'm so happy to be back in Tokyo and it's actually the first time being here in the Spring. After a stinking hot summer here last year and then another trip back in the freezing cold winter, I'm pretty sure we've finally hit up tokyo at the best time of year. Mind you it's gonna be a rather quick transition into Summer as the heat and humidity is already in the air. Spent this afternoon hanging around Harajuku and Aoyama and shot these photos in between sitting out and people watching. It was pretty windy so hair was kinda everywhere and now I'm thinking I shouldn't leave the house with my hair in anything but tied up in the usual bun. 

Wearing some of my favorite new pieces from Anine Bing and Gorjana & Griffin, my trusty Alexander Wang boots and my Phillip Lim satchel that I'm loving just because it's so sturdy that it carries my DSLR without even slightly losing it's shape. Bonus when purchasing bags!

Style Sophomore x James Bent x CRES. E DIM. FW 2013

Before we even arrived in Seoul we saw the press release for CRES. E DIM.'s FW13 collection, and decided that we wanted to get our hands on a few pieces and do a mini shoot of some sort. So a few days after Cres. E Dim. showed at Seoul Fashion Week, we met up with Kim Hongbum (the designer) and his team, tried on a few pieces, and put together 3 looks. 

I'm right into prints at the moment, so naturally gravitated towards these beautiful printed sweatshirts with images of ice and crystals, inspired by Japanese artist and designer Tokujin Yoshioka. The thing I particularly love about the pieces and accessories we chose (and in fact the whole of Hongbum's collection) is the play on textures and fabrics. He uses a mix of materials in his designs to create wonderfully textured pieces that have an interesting look and feel. For example, wool skirts with lamb and eel leather details, polyester sweatshirts with lamb leather and polyurethane details, wool and lamb leather jackets, cow leather and polyurethane clutches, and acrylic necklaces.

So at about 10:30pm at night and in about 4 degree celcius temperatures, we ventured up a massive hill to a park behind our place in Nakseongdae. I quickly found out just how hard it is to stand still in the shivering cold (wearing heels that I don't usually wear) and trying to take photographs and all at the same time! I don't know how I managed to shake it off and despite losing all feeling in fingers and toes by the end of it, we were pretty happy with the shots we came away with. 

Here are the three looks we put together featuring all CRES. E DIM. clothing and accessories and my beloved 3.1 Phillip Lim boots...

Photography by James Bent

Style Sophomore x James Bent x MOONYOUNGHEE

I'm so gutted that I missed the MOONYOUNGHEE show at Seoul Fashion Week, but then so excited to get my hands on one of their pieces the very next day and do these shots back at our hotel room. I love the structure of this jacket, it's 90% wool blend and the fit was just perfect! 

    MOONYOUNGHEE jacket | Cameo The Label skirt | Shana 8th Avenue
   clutch | Society Of Golden J. cuffs and rings | 3.1 Phillip Lim boots

StyleSophomore x James Bent, At Conrad Seoul Hotel

Made the most of our hotel room during Seoul Fashion Week, got out the lights, rearranged the furniture, and managed to fit in a couple of quick shots in between editing way too many photos from the day! This outfit is totally my kind of style, perfect-fit Anine Bing jeans, super cozy knits and great for the spring weather that we're about to experience in Tokyo.

                 Anine Bing top and jeans | Croche muffler | Society Of Golden J. bracelets | 3.1 Phillip Lim bag and boots | Michael Kors watch

La Mode Outre x Tomboy S/S 2013 Photo Exhibition

James has just collaborated with the Korean label Tomboy to shoot their latest S/S 2013 collection of trench coats in Taipei. I was so excited to be a part of it and model two of the coats and it's a little surreal knowing that my photos will be printed out large and posted on the walls of 20+ Tomboy stores located around Seoul, South Korea! 

We're heading to Seoul tomorrow and will be going to the opening of the exhibition on Friday night so I'll be able to share some photos from the event. If you're in Seoul, head down to your nearest Tomboy store and check out the exhibition. It's on for 2 weeks and you can check here for the store locations :)

Alexander Wang turtleneck sweater | Tomboy coat | 3.1 Phillip Lim boots

Tomboy coat | ZARA knit dress | American Eagle Outfitters jeans | 3.1 Phillip Lim boots |

Rebecca Minkoff bag

Behind The Scenes: Sdod x James Bent Shoot + Party!

Assisted James in another shoot at the weekend, this time with Sdod, a cool Taiwanese label which will be exhibiting at the next Berlin Fashion Week. It was a shoot combined with a party to celebrate the launch of their new collection and was held out at the Nangang bottle cap factory. Here's a few shots from behind the scenes :)

Style Sophomore x Superego Select Shop x James Bent

We did a mini 3 outfit shoot last night with some pieces that we were kindly provided by Superego, a  neat little select shop in Taipei. It was lots of fun shooting around East Section at night, against cool graffiti backdrops, wearing these colourful prints (that I wouldn't usually wear but then I realize I need to wear more of), sticking our flash new stickers around the place, and also doing some filming of the shooting behind-the-scenes which you can see here on youtube. 

Here are the final shots :)

YourMomLies printed top | X cropped outerwear | Mango skirt | Rebecca Minkoff bag |
3.1 Phillip Lim boots

Cameo dress | I.T girl jacket | 3.1 Phillip Lim boots

CLUBL blouse | Cameo skirt | 3.1 Phillip Lim bag & boots

Behind The Scenes: James Bent Photography x Winnie Chen Millinery

A few behind-the-scenes shots that I took from a shoot James did at the Weekend. We converted our little apartment into a makeshift photography studio and it was a long but fun afternoon with some amazing results. Hair and make up by Brian Lee, hats by Winnie Chen Millinery, and modeling was the lovely Tequilas Shih. You can check out the final images from the shoot here :)

Style Sophomore x James Bent

It's been awhile between outfit posts (I can make up so many excuses for me not getting in front of the camera lately) but I'm so happy to share this with you! These are some shots from a mini shoot I did with James last night in our apartment in Taipei. I'm wearing a few of my favorite black and white basics that are perfect for this transitional kind of weather, along with my new Rebecca Minkoff python embossed Kiss Kiss bag that I'm so totally in love with! We hope to have a lot more shoots like this coming up. Enjoy and have a great week :)

Tomboy coat | Mango knit | Mango skirt | 3.1 Phillip Lim boots | Rebecca Minkoff bag | 

Undercover cuff bracelet | Michael Kors watch

Photography by James Bent