hf pe

11.08.2009 been meaning to post about this for a couple of weeks now and i keep forgetting. a new book from Hiroshi Fujiwara outlining his 'personal effects'. looks like it's basically a round up of his mountains upon mountains of stuff including cameras, music, watches, clothes and probably his many collaborations with fragment, affa, goodenough, etc. i find it quite interesting that a book like this can be published, as his popularity has peaked over the last few years or at least reached more western fans recently for being the tastemaker that he is, and i suppose this is the equivalent of a celebrity cookbook or something. it also follows a recent autobiography a few months back which i saw in tower records in shibuya (would have bought it but it was entirely in japanese with no pictures). this book looks like it's bilingual from these images from honeyee.

it's mad, cos i want to buy it so i can see all of these things. really it's nothing more than a very curated catalogue but that is interesting in itself. in fact it kind of reminds me of all the image blogs and 'streetwear' blogs floating about and how all of the images and information get copied and recycled. something like this starts to work like an annual of all this 'stuff', much like the ALL GONE books by La MJC and Colette. hmmmm....http://www.amazon.co.jp/Personal-Effects-%E8%97%A4%E5%8E%9F-%E3%83%92%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B7/dp/4838720130

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