Chanmina Covers Vogua Japan April 2026 Wearing Flowers by Azuma Makoto
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Chanmina (ちゃんみな), born Mina Otomonai on October 14, 1998, is a prominent South Korean-Japanese rapper and singer who graces the April 2026 cover of Vogue Japan [IG].
The fashion story highlights ‘Japan Beauty’ and it involves a collaboration with globally-known flower artist Azuma Makoto [IG] to create magnificent floral headpieces and fashion accessories.
Yoko Miyake styled the shoot with photography by Chikashi Suzuki [IG]./ Makeup by Nozaki; hair by Yuta Kitamura.
Zipangu In LA May 16, 2026
In what AOC wants to view as a sign of the times, Takuya Chigira, the CEO of Japanese talent agency Cloud Nine, is launching Zipangu, a LA-based festival devoted to Japanese culture on May 16. The ardent promoter of Japanese culture attended Matsuri ‘25 in Los Angeles last March, an event that brought three of Japan’s largest acts: Yoasobi, Atarashii Gakko! and Cloud Nine’s own Ado.
The event drew 7,000 people limited only by location. In that moment Takuya Chigira saw the festival as being so much bigger, a dream also embraced by American promoter Goldenvoice, best known for Coachella.
Brookside is a golf course and event space in Pasadena next to the historic Rose Bowl, famous for its New Year’s Day parade of flowers-covered, every inch organic materials floats. Over 3 million flowers were used to launch the 2026 event.
On May 16, 2026 Chanmina and her pop group Hana will join Ado, Atarashii Gakko!, hip-hop artist Yuki Chiba and rock bands Man With A Mission and 10-Feet.
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Related: Japanese Flower Artist Makoto Azuma Makes Rihanna's Headdreses For British Vogue September 2018 AOC Renewed
While social media obsesses over Rihanna's pencil-thin eyebrows, AOC is enchanted with Makoto Azuma's floral headpieces worn in her September 2018 British Vogue cover story.
The Japanese flower artist arrived in London with just a pair of scissors in his kit. The lush, often rare botanicals that would become part of RiRi's headpieces were ordered in advance from London's New Covent Garden Market.
“We became one,” Azuma says, of teaching the hair stylists teams of Isamaya Ffrench and Yusef Williams how to attach the flowers safely onto Rihanna’s head. Once the skinny brows and vinyl lips were complete, "Azuma swooped in to make the final arrangements to her facial bouquets," writes British Vogue.
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Related: Exquisite Images of Bulgari Eden The Garden of Wonders Collection June 2022 AOC Jewelry News
Bulgari brand ambassadors Anne Hathaway and BLACKPINK’s Lisa coincidentally both wore yellow to the unveiling of Bulgari’s spectacular-beyond-words Eden The Garden of Wonders High Jewelry Collection in Paris, France on June 6, 2022
AOC could share the five or six images of the celebrities attending the luxurious two-day event hosted by Bulgari CEO Jean Christophe Babin and the Italian Ambassador to France, Teresa Castaldo.
Our problem is that the images of the event pale in visual impact next to these images of Bulgari’s Eden The Garden of Wonders Collection, created with flower artist Our problem is that the images of the event pale in visual impact next to these images of Bulgari’s Eden The Garden of Wonders Collection.
