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

[marty]

Originally Posted by tiffanytgs

It will be very different from her previous, as I look at ayu from a different angle. Maybe people will think of her as a kawaii princess but to me, I can make her very style,fashion and international.

Super interesting!!
I'm so curious about Ayu new style. Damn, if it really isn't anything "kawaii princess", I'm gonna do a thank-you dance in my room, lol.

[BlackSilence]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

Such arrogance considering his talent is putting already designed and made clothes by talented people together to make a "look".

You've gotta have an eye for that as well it isn't easy. But well yeah. There's so much more work put into MAKING an outfit than putting it together.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

Such arrogance considering his talent is putting already designed and made clothes by talented people together to make a "look".

http://ayufan.com/blog/?p=12677

All the descriptors with 'stylist's own' could be his creations but they could also be vintage items or something. (rings, vests, the wave dress) Basically, he's a makeup artist + stylist + creative director + designer all in one, it seems.

If you look at his Instagram, it seems like he designs clothing too judging from the bolts of fabric he's been buying. Maybe he's been showing us sneak peeks at what we might see on stage? (Lots of gold/red/metallics?)




https://zh-cn.facebook.com/alvingohk...?stream_ref=10

His design work is pretty out there. He made that golden crystalline dress and the kind-of-blurred mirror dress you see in the above link and he's worked with some pretty huge stars like Tilda Swinton, Uma Thurman, Emma Watson, and Milla Jovovich. His name must get around!

[freedreamer]

hahaha though metallic, i trust he'll work something amazing and not tacky

[xLuna&1LOVE]

I don't think he is really that arrogant: he is aware of his own business. He seems to be very confident, so I'm curious to whatever he comes up with.

As being a student in stage and costume design myself, I hope Goh could make come true whatever he is calling style, fashion and international. I am not really fond of Ayu looking like a circus performer (which she sometimes does on stage), so hopefully his approach could give her image a little more sophistication and edge.

[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

[hidekirby]

I just hope her new releases won't just be full of unthemed photoshoots with her wearing crazy outfits. Something cold you would find inside magazines.
I'm not fond of the diva image at all.

[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)

[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

[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]

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