One of Japan’s quirkiest fashion characters has a life-size replica of C-3PO – and she’s 62
- Eriko Yagi’s playful sense of style is hard to miss on the streets of Tokyo
- One entire floor of Yagi’s house is used as her own personal wardrobe
Eriko Yagi has only been a regular at Milan Fashion Week for a handful of seasons, but because of her quirky, playful sense of style, she’s already one of its most recognisable characters.
Her home in a central Tokyo business district is equally easy to spot, thanks to a giant red-and-black Batman emblem that Yagi painted on the ground-floor shutter. Matching logos in Swarovski crystals adorn the postbox and the second-floor window, and the latter even lights up at night.
“I’ve always liked movies, particularly American superhero movies,” Yagi says, “and I especially love Star Wars.”
This passion is reflected in the decor of a showroom-like space on the ground floor of her home. Yellow walls and a pink-and-green polka dot floor form the backdrop for an eclectic collection of film memorabilia and vintage toys. There are life-size replicas of C-3PO and Iron Man, shelves filled with Barbies still in their original boxes, and a model of Gundam assembled by Yagi herself. Spiderman flies overhead, and a slightly scaled-down version of a London phone booth is filled with DVDs.
