Architecture and fashion are two compatible fields, increasingly brought together by the growing importance of image and the popularity of buildings that look at surface similar to fashion, of which Herzog & de Meuron play no small part. Witness magazines like wallpaper* which blur the lines between fashion spreads and building profiles, placing waifish models posing in the latest Tadao Ando building. It's all about image. Much as fashion designers use material and form to create a unique image, so do architects. Also each selectively covers and reveals. In Tokyo, the store is revealed in a glass veil, an ever-changing glimpse into the world of Prada. Prada..................................Tokyo, Japan