Little Tokyo has long been the epicenter of anime, video games and Japanese culture in Los Angeles, while the Fairfax district is the city’s destination for streetwear. One designer merged his love of anime with the aesthetics of street-wear fashion and slowly built an online following one T-shirt at a time. And now, the mother-and-son team behind the brand Hypland has opened their first flagship retail location in Little Tokyo. I feel like, me coming to space, I’ve just been trying to give anime fans another way to express themselves.”Bentley started designing clothes based on his favorite characters when he was a child. Fans at the Little Tokyo location arrived hours before opening to get in line.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 19, 2024 16:25 UTC