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Creative Director BRITTANY TALIAFERRO Photography TAYLOR MILLER Dragon Photography BRIAN G. EDWARDS Talent ARIEL CHANG ALUNA VITA YACOE
THIS BATHHOUSE LOOKBOOK BRINGS TOGETHER FASHION, BEAUTY AND ART DIRECTION. IT IS INSPIRED BY ANCIENT JAPANESE MYTHOLOGICAL YOKAI (SPIRITS) KNOWN TO SHAPESHIFT INTO ANIMALS AND HUMANS. THE BATHHOUSE IS THEIR PLACE OF PEACE AND YOUR INSIGHT INTO THEIR WORLD. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT IN CREATING AN ESCAPE FOR OUR READERS.
YŌKAI
(化怪 n. ghost, phantom, strange apparition)
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The Bakeneko Prostitutes of Edo. During the time of the Edo Period of Japan, an urban legend of Bakenekos disguised as prostitutes and courtesans had spread throughout the Yoshiwara pleasure district in Edo. Locals, travelers and samurai would go out in search of any women rumored to be this mysterious being in disguise. A famous woodblock print depicts one account of a samurai’s encounter with this spirit in the Yoshiwara district. He awakes in the middle of the night to a dim-lantern light casting an inhuman shadow on the wall, presumed to be his lover, stripping away the flesh of fish with her teeth.
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“I was performing my ritual of sipping tea, shooting flirtatious glances and planning murder.� - Mingmei Yip, Peach Blossom Pavillion