MAbackstage: 6/1/06

Shooting day!

Spent the day shooting the new bikinis with Rie (super model) and Dr. William Palank, retired from healthcare & now fashion photographer. Here is one shoot to give you an idea of our day. From top roof of Mori building to the biggest crossing in the world in Shibuya down to the subway... Enjoy this shoot from the entrance of a Shrine in Minato-ku.

A Night for the benefactors of medecins du Monde Japon

June 29th 2006 at the Residency of France. Marijoli exclusive jewelry donate a bracelet gold 18k plated silver for the event... And the winner is Bruno!

This year Doctors of the World Japan is again pleased to announce a reception at the prestigious setting of the Residency of France,　thanks to the generosity of His Excellency the Ambassador of France. This event will take place on the evening of Thursday, June 29, from 6:30 PM. All donations received at this occasion will be used in their entirety to aid some of the most afflicted populations of the world.
At the present moment, Doctors of the World is bringing vital assistance to the following three countries with particular urgency.

In Java, the earthquake of May 2006 cost more than 6,000 lives, and has left more than 200,000 others without shelter. In Darfur, a grave humanitarian crisis which has already claimed more than 180,000 victims continues unabated today. Finally, in Niger, the poorest country on the planet, 30% of the population is in danger of dying in the wake of last summer's drought.

Gael Austin
President of Medecins du Monde Japon

http://medecinsdumonde.org/

XAVIER Expedition by Alvaro de Marichalar

St. Francis Xavier Expedition 2006 arriving in Tokyo

The aim of this unique maritime expedition is to cross all the way from Sancian Island (southern China) to Tokyo; aboard a personal watercraft (PWC or water-scooter) and achieve the first China-Japan crossing on a water-scooter, ever to be accomplished.

The sailor is the only sportsman who managed to cross the Atlantic ocean on such kind of vessel - www.ocean2002.com

Miss Universe Japan's wardrobe

http://blog.arekao.jp/muj_kurara/daily/200606/29

The Miss Universe 2006 pageant will take place in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, July 23rd in the Shrine Auditorium.
Kurara will wear Marijoli jewelry in Los Angeles to attend the final of Miss Universe during the 3 weeks that she will be there.

http://blog.arekao.jp/muj_ines/

http://www.globalbeauties.com/universe/2006/closeup/jp_kurara.htm

Louis Vuitton In Tokyo

Louis Vuitton, world leader in luxury goods staged its women's pret a porter show outside Paris for the first time in Tokyo on June 7th 2006.

First Time Ever Fashion Show Out of Paris

First row, celebrities, and exceptional party

The show, created and presented by Artistic Director, Marc Jacobs, took place at Yumenoshima Park, in a specially built marquee, the first time that this park has seen a fashion event. It presented the Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2006-07 collection. The show was followed by a fabulous party for 1000 privileged guests, with a lot of celebrities and trend-setters.

Bernard Arnault, President & CEO of LVMH Moet Hennessy - Louis Vuitton and Yves Carcelle, President of Louis Vuitton received international press from all over Asia and such exceptional personalities as Wing Shya (Hong Kong), Xu Jing-Lei (China), Chen Bo Lin (Taiwan), Simon Yam (Hong Kong), Nigo (Japan), Ryoko Yonekura (Japan), Nanaka Matsushima (Japan), Kyoko Hasegawa (Japan) to name but a few.

International DJs such as Nigo, Jus Ske and Benjamin from "Le Baron", "Colette dance class", roller girls and catering by French Chef Pierre Herme were few of the highlights of the party offered to the guests. Last but not least, the decor of gold was set off by iconic singer Grace Jones transforming the party into "the" place to be.

Marc Jacobs, awarded on June 6th "Designer of the year" by Japanese "Fashion Editors Club" commented on the event: "There is a lot of energy in Tokyo and I wanted to thank all our Asian and Japanese customers for their strong support since the beginning. This is a great moment for all of us and I am very happy to be here with all my team members. And I wanted to bring all the excellence and quality of the Parisian show into Tokyo."

Yves Carcelle said "this is a landmark presentation of our entire show, not a pre collection or a presentation of selected items. Marc and his team are very excited at the prospect of staging a show in Japan, as am I. This is an opportunity for us to communicate directly with our important Asian audience, while giving them a small thank you for their support for Louis Vuitton throughout its history."

Tokyo Kink Society

Welcome to Japan's largest non profit international
fetish, kink and BDSM organization!

Tokyo Kink Society is Japan's only non profit international group of open minded men and women who are interested in fetish, bondage, domination and S&M. They are modelled along similar groups that exist in North America and Europe.

Who are they? Well, they come from all walks of life, bankers, teachers, entrepreneurs...basically, they are the same people you meet in daily life each day.

They aim is to explore alternative, creative and adventurous expression through BDSM and fetish in order to develop the human spirit while expanding our borders of thinking, feeling and sensuality.

The group was started in 2001 by several open minded couples (Japanese and foreigner) living in Tokyo, and has grown from holding small home parties to now having full scale DJ nightclub fantasy BSDM/fetish events (though they still have the home parties as well!) on a regular calandar schedule.

(www.tksociety.com)