{"product_id":"podium-studio-magazine-issue-5-2026-aw","title":"podium studio #5","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 游明朝; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 游明朝; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 游明朝; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003epodium studio is a biannual lifestyle magazine that explores fashion, art, culture, and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: '游明朝',serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e　\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 游明朝; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003etravel through a unique and original perspective, structured over a theme for each issue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: '游明朝',serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'ＭＳ Ｐゴシック'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e　\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eELEGANCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eWe explored a freer and more diverse idea of “elegance”—one that goes beyond beautiful attire or refined manners, and emerges from what a person chooses, how they think, and how they live; from strength and sensitivity, intellect and feeling, humour and individuality, and from each person’s own aesthetic sensibility.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 游明朝; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: ƒ\u0026gt;ˇ«4; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eWe feature interviews with Los Angeles–based artist KELLY AKASHI, Kohana, a geiko working in Kyoto’s Gion district, and Kyoto-based calligrapher Mikiko Kayama. We also ask people working across a range of fields, “What does elegance mean to you?”, introducing the values and aesthetic sensibilities that shape each of their perspectives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 游明朝; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: ƒ\u0026gt;ˇ«4; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eIn fashion, we explore elegance from different angles: dressing in a way that moves beyond established rules and embraces a self-directed, free sensibility; boldly focusing on the curves and forms of the female body; and expressing refinement through the poised structure of tailoring. Moving beyond clothing itself, these stories consider contemporary elegance through the body, silhouette, and the presence of the individual.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 游明朝; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: ƒ\u0026gt;ˇ«4; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eThe issue also develops the theme of ELEGANCE through beauty, art, culture, and travel, alongside “7 days” with actor Ryo Matsuura. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eFor this issue’s island journey, we turn our attention to Yakushima, where timeless nature continues to breathe. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 游明朝; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: ƒ\u0026gt;ˇ«4; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eRather than defining elegance through a single answer, this issue considers what ELEGANCE can mean today through the aesthetics and values that reside within each individual.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 游明朝; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003epodium studio magazine ISSUE 5 2026 AW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 游明朝; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: ƒ\u0026gt;ˇ«4; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 游明朝; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eFeaturing ;\u0026nbsp;Kelly Akashi, Kohana, Mikiko Kayama, Kenshin Asano, Sumire Hirotsuru, Chisono Sekine, Yuki Nanye, Hiroko Matsubara,\u0026nbsp;Kanade Hamamoto, Kazumi Miyamae, Kengo Shimizu, Kodai Ikemitsu,\u0026nbsp;Marcus Mam, Mitsuo Okamoto,\u0026nbsp;Naoto Usami, Saki Omi, Takako Noel and Zero Wang\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 游明朝; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 游明朝; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;-Size: 220mm x 290mm x 10.5mm \/ 144 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 游明朝; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 游明朝; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e-Language: English with Japanese pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 游明朝; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"podiumstudio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67581294837973,"sku":"1","price":4950.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0688\/8079\/3813\/files\/2026-09-2612.07.16.jpg?v=1790429145","url":"https:\/\/podiumstudio-journal.com\/en\/products\/podium-studio-magazine-issue-5-2026-aw","provider":"podiumstudio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}