would be great if ayu replace Virgin Road with Return Road for second chapter!

for what performance this dress was used??

I love her rose-pink dress with a ribbon from Best Artist 2003. I think No way to say is really one of my favorite eras of ayu.

^ Momentum from Countdown 13/14

^ thank you!

She needs to have known designers design for her, like big designer names. For a Celebrity her class, she can afford it. The Koreans have been doing it for a while now. She can tweak abit here and there for ease of movements. But she chose to wear all those monstrosity.

TBH Alvin did elevate her tour look a bit, but if it's not because of his arrogance and bitchy ass attitude, he probably could do so much more.

Yep so true, Alvin did a good job for her Premium Showcase, my fav would be for Connected/ Terminal outfif <3

I also hope Ayu would perform these songs again: Identity/Love n Hate, Crossroad, Merry go round, tell me why, reminds me

Hmm but instead ahe will repeat for a 10000th times for My Names Women, Because of You performance with the same oufif and the open sided pants >_>

Yep! She also used designers' clothes for TA Limited Tour! I wish she would collaborate with japanese designers as well. I remember she used to wear some fancy clothes in some TV Lives around 1999~2000. I remember she wore a Christian Dior dress once.

Yeah those are all really important :rolleyes

I am not saying these costumes look good. They don't. I didn't enjoy the concerts any less because of that.

I felt like MIJ outfits and overall look was not very polished, after CdM...but then upon seeing the concert release, I actually thought they looked really nice. I wonder if I'll have similar feelings with this concert -- like the candids don't quite do them justice to the mastered footage.

Premium Case custom was beyond, especially those haute couture from some designer. It was a blast. Don't forget the tie in she makes with Vans. God! She should make another like that!

I hate premium showcase outfits =) I'm happy ayu stipped to work with Alvin and hope she will never back to this style again

Well with Alvin she made that photoshoot for Harper Bazaar magazine which was pretty good. She never did anything like it (or am I wrong). But somewhere around Alvin birthday party he started playing dress up with Ayu. She looked like a laughing stock to say the least. Few pictures here and there were ok but often then not she looked downright silly to me or maybe I have zero fashion sense buhahahaaha.

^ She did ELLE Hong Kong last year with Leslie Kee!

Leslie Kee 9/10 makes her look like a drag queen. Though i think elle was ok, if i remember correctly

Japan in itself is a fashion capital. It has so many designers that came from there. She could easily pick someone fresh and new and hit a jackpot in her own country, no need to go overseas for it.

While i enjoyed Alvin's touch, i still think it's too much of an editorial magazine stuff that he did, rather than stage costume.
I dunno Ayu always had that distinctive style on stage over the years, even though most of the time it was either hit or miss for me. But it was always something that would get to you. I still liked it better than the middle ground that she's running on right now, it has no feeling anymore.

I love this dress! :heart

To be honest the problem is not the designer, but who approves the designs. Her costumes are pretty much hit or miss to me. I feel like the only concert she looks fabulous from start to finish is Arena Tour 2005, everything was flattering and looked expensive, even the About You outfit (which is really cool but it's the most simple of the whole thing).

I love About you from AT05! :luv2
It's her best performance of this song IMO...

Arena tour 2005 is my favorite tour! Followed by 2006 lol. I think these were both very well executed tours. 2006 had some meh outfits, but overall I loved it. Born to be... is one of my favorite tour openings.

She rarely opens tours with happier songs, so it's always stood out to me.

Arena tour 2006 and 7 days are my absolute favorites from outfits to playlist, perfection.