Olive Magazine - Vol. 339

1997, Magazine House, Japan

Olive (1982 - 2002) was a Japanese fashion magazine launched as a girls' version of Popeye. It featured Japanese models (including photos of its readers) until about 1985, when it found its signature image - natural, soft, and mature - and changed its tagline to "The Magazine for Romantic Girls." The magazine represented a slightly adult fantasy image that young Japanese girls could aspire to and reached peak success in the 80s before becoming eclipsed by CUTiE in the 90s and finally folding in 2002. [source: ita.toys]

Vol. 339 focuses on spring fashion and photographer Hiromix - an artist who entered the spotlight in March of 1995 by winning the 11th Comos of Photography (写真新世紀, Shashin-Shin-Seiki). She was nominated by legendary photographer Nobuyoshi Araki, for a series of photographs called Seventeen Girl Days. Since then, she has been pushed by Araki as well as legendary photographer Takashi Homma to capture her life of traveling, food, music, friends, and fashion.

With bright neon texts and vibrant photographs of 90s fashion, this will be a perfect coffee table book for your safe space.