Japanese Comfycore Thread

the editing looks kinda fucky but I looked at the original scans and it's actually like that lol
have you looked through the magazine pastebin?

Already started looking into Hanako, seems real nice.

>Asian bodytype?
Small frame, very slim? Not something i see westerners not have. Although facial features are slimmer on Asians.

I love japanese female magazines as they are really relaxing to look at. Just for actual male inspo it is less suited.

Never understood why westerns are almost incapable of the same aesthetic print culture as in South Asia?
>The only publishers which are in the level are Taschen and Phaidon. But for mags there is non I am aware of.

Need those knits.

continued:
here pastebin.com/Q2iDYiAM
I've been doomsday prepping for a future without magazines, by backing up everything I can to Google Drive

there's an alternate cover to that issue of Nylon; I have both lol

I'll have this one up in a few minutes

This shit is rad mate...

But i think that considering Japanese tendency to keep the past alive, Japanese mags will die out well after western illustrations.

Yohji still the king

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drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0jc0NJQ4qefem4wRmh0bUNIM2M&usp=sharing
Hanako 09/08/2016 issue
for fans of boipussy, spicy Korean food, and more boipussy, apparently

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food looks p tasty though

Muji and Uniqlo don't carry this stuff in Asia either.

Muji isn't really a fashion brand. It's basically the Japanese Wal-Mart.

Hardly WalMart mate.
More IKEA x Zara. Since when does WalMart have dedicated world class designers?

then what's Daiso Japan? dollar general?

Also they do carry the basics which go in that direction.
Not the more elaborate stuff but the basics they so....in Asia that is.

Yes.
Daiso is WalMart / Aldi

only girls could pull off superstars, cuz no guys would ever call them out on how ugly they are

Consider them among the most ugly shoes ever designed.
Cannot understand why they have stood the test of time.

>recent purchase

what magazine is that? or is that a book?

Muji is garage. I know you want to believe it's cool because there's one in your city and shopping there makes you feel like you're in glorious nippon, but walking around Tokyo in Muji gear isn't going to get you any complements. Muji is wear you go to furnish your first independent studio until you can afford better items.

This
Egos getting shattered in this comfycore thread
Let's chill

This is my goal.

oz Magazine Plus
>gets me hungry as shit. >
>Glorious foodporn

Like IKEA.
Doesn't mean IKEA is bad and inheritely badly designed. Like the design, buy it. Comfy, wear it.
I enjoy it for the basics they provide.
This is a comfycore thread so lets mutually stay comfy.

want me to start putting that magazine on the pastebin? I can get a few years worth of back issues for free so it wouldn't be an issue

did I mention that Kanoco is my favorite magazine model? cuz she's dorbies

I wouldn't be able to say no.

But seriously man, where do you get all these mags? Hardly believe you walk into a store and walk out with a crate of japanese mags.

Why are western mags not as well illustrated, i wonder.

Amazon Japan started a subscription book lending service last month and a few publishers have back issues going back to like 2013
fortunately Oz' publisher is one of them

To be honest, the ones that are don't sell well; most go out of business in a few years
RIP Antenna, the magazine that got me into fashion

Some of these fits are really good but man alive I'd pressed to see anyone pull them off. Can you imagine a fat american dressing like that?

> Hardly believe you walk into a store and walk out with a crate of japanese mags.
I have, in fact, done this before, at a cost of like 400 bucks; couldn't fucking resist when I was at the Kinokuniya Mall in San Francisco

Interesting.
And i suppose you have a commercial printer at hand.
>any other good comfycore magazines to keep an eye on?

I am sure they do, considering how much printing and good illustrations can cost to produce.
But generally print seems to be of higher calibre in terms of materials and design than most western publications.

I meant digital; I just go through the html and download the jpgs

>generally print seems to be of higher calibre in terms of materials and design than most western publications.
look for a magazine store in the nearest big city, you'll find a better selection than you've ever seen before; even in my hometown there was a great magazine store where I could get artsy fashion magazines and graffiti magazines

I hardly doubt they were made for 'MURICANS in mind.
And i doubt a 'MURICAN would even care about dem foreign imports.

Respect mate. How did they react?

I have travelled most major western hubs from Paris, London, Madrid, Berlin, NYC...but the mags were never as nice as the ones i found in major Asian hubs. The once that were nice were mostly Asian.

There were obviously nice books and mags.
>Kinfolk and Monocle are not badly made - but they are very different to what you find in places like Kinokuniya or Eslite.
Also the ambiente of how they are presented is very different.

>any other good comfycore mags to get?

Well you can find those magazines in men's boutiques in big cities like nyc, Chicago, and Toronto but there's a markup, especially now that the yen has rebounded big time

They thanked me but didn't seem surprised....I wouldn't be surprised if that happens all the time

Popeye, for sure
Anything made by magazine house and takarajimasha

>takarajimasha
tkj.jp

>magazine house
magazinehouseshop.jp

so hard to come by when not in Asia.

>why are there not girls walking around like this IRL (except in very specific areas and not consistently)

W2C
2
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PANTS?!
posting the GOAT

Walking around in anything in Tokyo won't get you compliments.
Because nobody gives a shit about anyone over there.
Muji makes basics, they're not meant to get you compliments.
But I see we're talking to some high profile fuccboi here.
Have you ever actually been to a Muji in Japan and looked at their clientele?

that dude is definitely korean

White shirts and loose pants?

These 2 photo always make me so happy

it is more about the elegance and adherence to minimalism.

Most girls I see around are the archetype of H&M and Zara - faux leather jacket in tanktop and say they
>luv fashion

You are too good for this board user.Thankyou so much

This man is saying th right things.

>eggs...you got eggs in the fridge.
Why not make a some beautiful scrambled egg?

I think they're showing options at a restaurant

I'll do more today and Monday cuz I'm off

You know just because you're not into Anime doesn't make being a weeb any less ridiculous.

Please Yes

Whom are you addressing?

w2c shirt

This thread

user, i lost my link with many popeye and sense scans, help.

I really love japcore comfy fashion, it just manages to look so normal and unpretentious, whilst not being >muh ironic normcore
The problem is, it's a kind of style unachievable for a white male (even skeletals can't pull it off )
What is the possible western response to Japanese comfy core?

why not possible for white?
some of the models are white

Based user, thanks for the upload dude

I've hardly ever seen one.
If you have some more, please dump

that guy is obviously arab not white try again cumskin

Possibly Greek I guess but definitely not "white", he doesn't look comfycore anyway just lazyshitcore

why do you post this in every comfycore thread, it's so retarded

more or less the whole comfycore thing works for asian people because its a culture created by and propagated by asian people
also the ethos is to be comfy both in body and in mindset, these people look chill af all the time but white people when replicating styles look very awkward and too self conscious

Go Out nerd here, always love for you magazine bro.

Not to open then /pol/ Hellraiser cube, but this guy is on the nose. Most importantly with the idea of the comfy mindset, the photography and clothes themselves accentuate the comfy ideal that doesn't translate through the thousands layers of western irony/context we see our images through. Protip: Real life =/= a composed aesthetic.

I was guilty of stocking just as many femmags as I did Go Out/regional outdoor mags. The aesthetic (hate the meme word, but it's accurate here) is always so calm, comfortable, dignified.

, I see these types of fits throughout NYC, though they were just as select in my time in Nippo as well. Female and male, it's a style that suits a certain mindset, not a standard of fashion.

Similiarly on the Muji plebcore, I loved the store in Nippo just as much as I did here, despite having access to the comfycore source, I felt good in solidquality, minimal basics that Muji (and regional varieties) provides. As most say, it's Nippo Ikea, nothing more or less, but something I enjoy for that simplicity. Suprised the mujipasta hasn't been brought out.

>Muji isn't really a fashion brand. It's basically the Japanese Wal-Mart.

What an absolutely retarded statement

there is no equivalent for something so utterly hyperbolic and american as wal-mart

Ugh, are you from toronto? It seems they just got muji like a month ago and they think it's like some kind of high end ultra-sophisticated fashion store.
I would have said it's more like ikea, but same idea. Cheap generic stuff for impoverished youngsters.

w2c pants like this in the US?

Doesn't fucking matter where I'm from. I'm not saying Muji is high end but to liken it to Wal-Mart which first of all a huge fucking chain of hypermarkets, one that doesn't even try to sell thing with style because it's all meant to be bland is retarded

You seem to have some weird ass prejudice towards Muji for some reason which is why you keep coming back to this thread reiterating that "hurrrr it's for poor and retarded people." Kill yourself my man

That was my first and only post in the thread so far.

Muji is fine for what it is, I buy house slippers there for instance.

But you canadians seem to be beside yourselves with excitement over this newfangled store that the civilized world has had for aeons, so needless to say you get very upset when someone has a more balanced view of things.

WHERE TO FUCKING COP THIS
its iseey miyake right?
but w2c this exact fit for men

>But you canadians[...]

Cool. Tell that to someone who is Canadian

>for men

how does one even create such a perfect fit

>newfangled store that the civilized world has had for aeons
>had for aeons
>aeons
>comparision to walmart
>mentioning to biggest japanese deptartment store chain

next level posting, famile

I didn't compare it to walmart, silly leaf. That was someone else.

I'm the person who said Muji was the Wal-Mart of Japan. I'll explain what I mean by that but first off I just want to stress that that wasn't the main take-away of my post. All I was really meant to say was that Muji in Asia/Japan DOES NOT sell anything that could be considered comfycore for men. A few posts ITT seemed to indicate that Muji and Uniqlo in Asia are comfycore central, which they ain't. For women, Muji has more interesting pieces, but their men's pieces tend to run extra small, and in fact their button-ups are probably the absolute shortest button-ups you will find anywhere, period, which is the antithesis of comfycore.

Now to explain the Wal-Mart comparison.

I wouldn't call Muji the Ikea of Japan because Ikea is the Ikea of Japan. They are similar in "minimalism" though the comparisons end there (and I would argue that Ikea isn't that minimalist compared to Muji).

What makes Muji similar to Wal-Mart is the business model: the cheapest, lowest quality goods at the lowest possible prices.

Now Muji actually fails at this internationally, because although their products are made in China, they're packaged in Japan. That means customers outside of Japan pay a huge markup. You may think you're paying for quality, but you're really paying double the usual import/export overhead (I've researched this, look it up). In Japan, however, it is the absolutely cheapest option in the country.

I'm telling you from experience, as an American, it's easy to take Wal-Mart for granted. But when you're expat, you need some random thing, you need it cheap, and you need it late at night, you start asking yourself "where's the Wal-Mart in this bitch." And when you're in Japan, that place is Muji, hands down. It ain't quality, It ain't high fashion, and it sure as shit ain't comfycore. Stay mad. I'm out.

>Muji more minimalist than IKEA.
They are distinctly different types of minimalism one being scandinavian minimalism vs japanese minimalism. Saying one 'is more' minimalist is an empty unfounded statement.

>muji is too short for comfycore
Comfycore does not mean 'long', i'd argue it is more about the overall width and flow of the piece. And muji does deliver on that. While i agree that their pieces are shorter than others, they are quite wide and can be still comfy.
Comfy does NOT mean oversized necessarily. It means wider than standard western standard.

>mark up theory.
Proof needed.

>muji aint comfycore.
Sure. They mainly produce basics.
Nobody goes around clad in pure muji or uniqlo. They make good basic pieces which in Asia at least adhere to japanese minimalist sensibilities.
Nobody ever said that they are pure comfycore.

>On that note: Are there brands which focus exclusively on comfycore styles?

This lad here, not leaf, have live in Japan before
>tfw no one outside of asiazone will get this great joke

This whole argument on all sides is essentially semantics, but I can at least confirm buttdevestated user is right on markup, as I've shopped both in Muji jp and in US.

I wouldn't consider myself knowledgeable in any sense, but look into the outdoor/lifestyle brands (see: my love affair with Go Out mag) that all work around 'camp vibes, relaxed vibes, outdoor life' and leads to some really comfy styles, with or without functional/technical uses for camping/hiking

I agree that the muji argument is mainly semantics. Let's leave it at that.
>They produce some nice basics and are nice to browse in - nothing more, nothing less.

Muji outside of Japan indeed is quite expensive outside Japan and mostly not worth the price.
>A plain white muji t-shirt can cost up to the equivalent of EUR40, which clearly is very expensive. (still THE most comfortable t-shirt I have ever worn).
The mark up clearly makes sense considering the international prices.

>Go Out
Where do you source your magazines? Are there any specific stores you go to to find them, or do you follow mag-guy's example and rent them.
How do you do it?

What a load of bull.

>you need some random thing, you need it cheap, and you need it late at night, you start asking yourself "where's the Wal-Mart in this bitch." And when you're in Japan, that place is Muji, hands down.

What the fuck are you even on about lmfao
Muji closes at 9.
They sell mostly interior, kitchenware, stationery. How many times does someone need like a fucking plate late at night?
Their clothing line is a tiny part of their business.

Wal-Mart is mainly a supermarket, you go there to do groceries. Muji sells a few prepackaged meals and snacks that are no cheaper than at a convenience store (which, due to their presence at every single street corner in Japan and being 24/7 make them the obvious place to go if you ever need anything late at night).

If you want to ignore Aeon and find something in Japan that could possibly be a Wal-Mart tier experience then you'd maybe think of going to Donki. They have an actual foods section, pharmacy, clothes, stationery, electronics, whatever the fuck you want. And they offer it at cheap prices and have the fitting trashy clientele.

W2C THE SHIRT/JACKET?

>user probably wakes up at night
>bathed in sweat
>longing to refurnish his living room

>let him do what he feels he has to do.

Can we please get this thread back into comfycore inspo, instead of un-comfy infighting?

Muji T's are way too short, and I'm only 5'11". I saw this really comfy looking kimono loungewear set in the Piccadilly Circus store though.

There are long ones as well. Just bloody expensive.

yohji yamamoto
just read pic's info though

seconded

Thanks bb

Can't read gook though

Magguy is my main source now that I'm back stateside. Like said there are small hubs to find in major cities, but I haven't taken the time to break out and hunt them down myself (NYC now, I know they're out there).

>wake up in the middle of "night"
>7:34pm, blackout curtains
>coated in baked gluten free non gmo artisnal chinese handpicked wasabi snack dust and sweat
>intense need to 'comfyify' his '''bathroom''' organization of 30 perfumes and no toothpaste, no deorderant, no soap, and small box of Drive brand toothpicks
>rush to Muji
>8:47 thank god it's open all night just for this purpose
>buy for stackable neoprene boxes for $40 a pop
>so cheap and reliable
>gets back to 'minimal' 300sq ft apartment and shitposts in this thread
we're all rooting for you, big guy

> Saying one 'is more' minimalist is an empty unfounded statement.
Basically what I mean is Ikea has more options. Muji is more utilitarian. Like if you want a wastebasket, they have white and off-white.

>Comfycore does not mean 'long', i'd argue it is more about the overall width and flow of the piece. And muji does deliver on that.
I'll concede on that point. You'd have to be pretty small as I'm an S and I've had to size up to M just to try on Muji which even still left no room for any kinda shrinkage whatsoever. So we're talking S -> L for any kinda roominess, and I don't know if Muji carries XL+.

> buttdevestated
Truly.

>Muji closes at 9.
7/11 in Japan stocks Muji tho.

Most Wal-Mart where I'm from (Nor Cal) don't have groceries. Those are the super Wal-Marts.

I ignore Aeon (and A-Mart and RT-Mart and Carrefour (not Asian, but popular in Asia)) because although they look and feel like Wal-Mart, they don't sell at those low low prices at razorthin profits putting moms and pops out of business making Walton family money, feel me? You don't really save money shopping there over the local grocery store or family owned furniture store, so they don't really fill the same niche that Wal-Mart and Muji do.

> Muji T's are way too short
Told yall.

>7/11 stocks Muji
Yeah they sell a few pens and notebooks.
What's your point?

Your Muji - Wal-Mart comparison is absolute nonsense.

>Yeah they sell a few pens and notebooks.
Actually, no.

But you're right, Muji is not open 24/7, therefore it is high fashion. See you on the runway Mujiboy.

>Go Out nerd here, always love for you magazine bro.
thanks, Veeky Forumsm I still have a lot to get up, like 30 issues of Go Out that I haven't even started on, plus all of their special issues like Go Out Livin 1-4, and the Camping Gear issues
so it'll be worth coming back occasionally cuz I'm inconsistent lol

D-daiso is a lot like dollar general tho lol
they even have unmedicated schoziphrenic homeless Japanese people panhandling outside, at least in San Jose