[Official Message] New Album; Tour: ayumi hamasaki PREMIUM SHOWCASE ~Feel the love~

[AyUmIXx]

can't wait for alvin goh's designs and styles for ayu's stage costumes!

[brener]

i hope for dazzling lights, bright outfits, a shining stage

[mi|kshake]

Yeah my favourite album booklets are always themed ones. I hate it when it looks like a random set of pictures for various photo shoots (probably from different eras!)

[terra]

I really hope Alvin can bring a new breeze to Ayu's costume department. I've been waiting for her to work with someone with fashion background for the costume like Madonna or Kylie, not that I don't appreciate her usual costume designer but tbh her designs are getting duller imo

[truehappiness]

Her usual designer (Akira Noda) stopped working with her in 2011 or 2012, I think... so lately it's been this newish guy.

[terra]

^Ah I see, that's probably why the costume at AT13 are not as new looking while the latest CDL had a new vibe in it.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by terra

^Ah I see, that's probably why the costume at AT13 are not as new looking while the latest CDL had a new vibe in it.

All the costumes from the latest CDL were rehashed.

[terra]

^I thought only the glittery coat and hoodie were the rehashed ones. If not the rest looked more improved (or maybe I forgot about it)

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by terra

^I thought only the glittery coat and hoodie were the rehashed ones. If not the rest looked more improved (or maybe I forgot about it)

The costume she used for is this LOVE? was used for INSPIRE/Don't look back during AT2010. The stuff she wore under the coat was used last year during the tour and other lives as well. The CAROLS dress could be new, but she had so many similar dresses in the past.

Originally Posted by truehappiness

The latest CDL is the newer guy (Masataka Kato) while I think the last a-nation or two may have been done by Alvin Goh. Not 100% sure on that but some of the stuff looked pretty different IMO... mainly the bodysuit.

Some costumes were altered, but I can't recall a single costume I haven't seen before atm XD

[truehappiness]

The latest CDL is the newer guy (Masataka Kato) while I think the last a-nation or two may have been done by Alvin Goh. Not 100% sure on that but some of the stuff looked pretty different IMO... mainly the bodysuit.

[terra]

^The body suit for that event (I forgot) really reminds me of the Alvin photoshoot, and I thought she should've wear that instead that black Madonna-esque studded corset in AT13

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by terra

^The body suit for that event (I forgot) really reminds me of the Alvin photoshoot, and I thought she should've wear that instead that black Madonna-esque studded corset in AT13

She actually did have a bodysuit for that performance in A BEST LIVE but she swapped it out mid-tour. She did the same with a few other outfits, I think too.

[terra]

^I forgot her original choice of costume before switching to the ultra music fest silvery costume, that one looked like a wrestler lol reminds me of Madge's HARD CANDY

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

The costume she used for is this LOVE? was used for INSPIRE/Don't look back during AT2010. The stuff she wore under the coat was used last year during the tour and other lives as well. The CAROLS dress could be new, but she had so many similar dresses in the past.

The under layer is indeed that one, I just give credits for her giving it a new outer layer. Is Free & Easy too another rehashed because I'm not sure.

[truehappiness]

Now that I went back and looked at it again, A BEST LIVE's ASFXX original outfit is a lot like her Rule outfits with some gold accents added on, haha.

http://i.imgur.com/vZ9e1vz.jpg

[maneayu]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Now that I went back and looked at it again, A BEST LIVE's ASFXX original outfit is a lot like her Rule outfits with some gold accents added on, haha.

http://i.imgur.com/vZ9e1vz.jpg

She looks like botox filled-up like.
Her face expression doesn't change even if she smiles, and her face looks swollen.

[freedreamer]

i felt that at the beginning of A BEST LIVE there was some cool looks which all got changed towards the end

[HilaryDuffFanboy]

Which other A Best Live outfits got changed apart from the first one?

[truehappiness]

I recall the You & Me/BLUE BIRD outfit originally matched the dancers (lots of colors and stuff hanging off) and there was a slightly different outfit that had the 'sewn together' look for the Wake me up/Tell All section instead of the pleather CDL07-08 variant that we got in the final performances.

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=117726

You can see all of the outfits here, but they are also seen in the credits section for the most part. She changed the hair for M/No way to say mid-tour too so that it was completely pulled back instead of having bangs/fringe visible.

I'm a little more saddened that we never got SAKURA footage since it seems like that outfit got a bit of a different skirt with a swing.

[terra]

^Love the opening outfit, it's so much better than the Ultra Music Fest one. I also love the original BLUE BIRD costume with the colorful sewn together look, it's cool. And the Tell All one is also better than the decision CDL outfit. I wonder why she changed them all, it's quite many of a costume change, isn't it? She usually only change one or two at max if I'm not mistaken

[Maemi]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

Album Release Date: July 2nd, 2014.
- Title yet to be released
- Album features RedOne, Rodney Jerkins (aka Darkchild), Armin van Buuren, Fedde Le Grand, and DAISHI DANCE.

YAY