Hot Looks for Spring: Rubber and Scales

Japanese geek culture is having a Moment in the fashion world.

First came the footwear of a million memes, art collective MSCHF’s $350 rubber Big Red Boots inspired by Astro Boy’s fancy feet. Then came W Magazine’s cover story pitting a Hollywood A-lister against giant kaiju, accompanied by an article that casually drops the phrase “Japanese tokusatsu,” meaning live-action special-effects fare like Ultraman or Powe…