This season the “She’s a Woman” themed collection is at one a very personal interpretation of femininity, with the designer introducing textures and floral patterns from her own memories of her mother’s generation, but the overall story of elegance it tells is one that captures the mood in Tokyo at present. In contrast to Parisienne chic Tokyo elegance has always required a sense of the organic that makes the sharp shapes and clean colors of the Vogue Asia / Fast Fashion influenced visitors look very alien indeed on the streets of Harajuku.