Outrageous was the new normal on the RequaL runway during the Rakuten Fashion Week in Tokyo.
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IMAGE: A modern-day samurai?
The wooden sandals seemed to have made way for fancy boots, and hachimaki, the headband samurais like, is nowhere in sight. Photographs: Christopher Jue/Getty Images
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IMAGE: You can call this the ship-wrecked sailor look.
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IMAGE: Don't want to increase your carbon footprint? Then wear all of it!
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IMAGE: When you want to carry your work everywhere you go.
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IMAGE: The perfect outfit for people who don't want to pay extra baggage charges at airports.
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IMAGE: A new mask to avoid COVID?
Concept: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com
Text: Anita Aikara/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Rajesh Alva/Rediff.com
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