“Militaria 1911” from Tokyo! I don’t know much about vintage MILITARY worlds (It’s sooo deep!), but such items has been always very popular among vintage fans, because…history of US military uniform around WWI-II had huge affected to public regular clothing designs. Nagisa-san may be one of younger exhibitors, but he had lots of rare vintage […]
Inspiration Tokyo 2024 Flash Back #16—Rock-A Hula
Rock-A Hula from Niigata!! I don’t know why, but we had many of vintage/ Fashion dealers from a very cold JOETSU area! Yep, there are many enthusiast vintage fans living in there! Thanks so much, Itaya-san (right). Rock-A-Hula will be back to our 2025 Tokyo show!
Inspiration Tokyo 2024 Flash Back #15-EN
Here is Ichinose-san of “EN.” He comes from Tokyo, but living in Los Angeles now! Yes, he brought lots of items from USA! Those are very REAL vintage! He will be back to Tokyo this Nov. Thanks so much again, Ichinose-san!
Exhibitors Wanted!
I just started doing setup jobs for Inspiration LA 2025 show on 4/11-12/2025! If you are interested in having a booth, please contact to me directly. 949-510-9434 or rinstudiosllc@gmail.com Booth price is 10×10=$799 or $1099. Thanks so much for your big supports, always! Rin Tanaka
“Inspiration LA 2025 Vol. 17: KISS me…?!”
Here is the B side of my Christmas Card. In this summer, Madeline (=my favorite model;) quickly changed again to “Paul Stanley”! WOW! He is my GUITAR HERO, too!! Very NICE job, Madeline!! Below is my message to you, in December of 2024! I hope you all having wonderful holiday season! Rin Tanaka A few […]
Inspiration LA 2025 show at Pasadena Convention Center on 4/11-12/2025!
Finally I just done editing the main visual of our upcoming show: “Vol.17: KISS me…?!” You may think “Why KISS?” Good question! One years ago, I talked with Madeline (=my favorite fashion model). She said “I have a “Party Clown” jobs for the KIDS event this weekend….. I have to do makeup jobs by myself…”. […]
Flash Back #14: Wicked with his friends from Nagoya
I have known Sato-san of WICKED for many years and I often meet him at US vintage show as well. Since his young times, He has been collecting something different, which most vintage dealers are looking for: nobody follows his SENSE.Hahahaha. We have some exhibitors from Nagoya. Yep, Nagoya is one of high-quality”Vintage Cities.” Thanks […]
Flash Back #13: Ooe Yofukuten from Aichi
On 11/2-3, I stayed at the same hotel, which Mr & Mrs Ooe did. So I met them every morning! Ooe-san has been joining us Inspiration LA & Tokyo both for last couple years: they are always very active to research about old denim manufacturing! I always feel that winners of the life is the […]
Flash Back #12: Gypsy & Sons from Aichi
Nagoya area is the Japanese “Motown” and there are lots of old bike “enthusiasts” living there. When I first met him few years ago, Kato-san (right, owner of Gypsy & Sons) rode very old 1930s H-D bikes. That was sooo kool! Thanks so much again, Kato-san!