By: Hoopo
Yeah, same here Ghidorah--I'm 6'4", so the only clothes I could buy were from hip hop stores, which thankfully there were a few of in the Shonan. I still have a bright yellow Miles Davis On the Corner...
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I didn't take it as a slight, no worries. I do understand what you mean, though. I'm about 5'8" or so, which makes me on the shorter side of average in the States. Here? When I play pick up basketball,...
View ArticleBy: dubitable
now that's just cruel... (why yes, I do most of my shopping in other countries, why do you ask?) Haha...sorry Ghidorah, honestly didn't mean it as a slight...in fact, it gets really tiresome in the US...
View ArticleBy: PeterMcDermott
I have a feeling that was another Kamikaze Girls reference, but could be wrong... Yeah, all the other village people besides Momoko shop for clothes at the local branch of Jusco. On the other hand, I...
View ArticleBy: Ghidorah
what they call X-large at Uniqlo is a joke Definitely, and as someone who wears X-large, well, I'm screwed. On the other hand, there are stores (like Eddie Bauer and Land's End, and occasionally Gap)...
View ArticleBy: flapjax at midnite
I'm probably one of the few American/Western guys who actually has better luck shopping in Japan than my native country... I'm in that club with you. The fit is usually perfect for me. Except for one...
View ArticleBy: Ghidorah
I'm probably one of the few American/Western guys who actually has better luck shopping in Japan than my native country... now that's just cruel... (why yes, I do most of my shopping in other...
View ArticleBy: dubitable
Lots of people who buy their clothes at Jusco in this thread. In regards to your response to that Ghidorah, I have a feeling that was another Kamikaze Girls reference, but could be wrong... Also,...
View ArticleBy: Ghidorah
I don't buy my clothes at Jusco, though thanks for assuming. I buy clothes where they fit, and look decent enough. On the other hand, I don't feel the need to let my clothes be a stand-in for...
View ArticleBy: KokuRyu
Ten years ago I generally had to buy my clothes in the "BIG SIZE" section of the local Heiwado (a department store chain found in the more or less rural prefectures of Shiga, Fukui and Ishikawa). I was...
View ArticleBy: Hoopo
You got it mixed up. Fashion in Japan is at least one or two years ahead of North America. When I first moved to Japan, all the kids were wearing a certain style. A year and a half later when I was...
View ArticleBy: KokuRyu
wow. i can see the americanization of japan at hand. but just like all other country's they take it to the nine and make it in a way look so much better then we do. You got it mixed up. Fashion in...
View ArticleBy: jonesor
I think these are great. I could look at them all day. In fact, if you don't want them on your lawn, they can come and hang out on mine.
View ArticleBy: The Monkey
These wonderful colourful glorious fruitcakes are better than any of the bitter arseholes who ridicule them. You know what really sucks? Boring. In fact, they surpassed mere Americanization quite early...
View ArticleBy: 5_13_23_42_69_666
This one is really great - all the elements blend, it makes a nice sillouette, it even has a theme. So many of the others are just too damn random, and make their wearers look like walking laundry...
View ArticleBy: 5_13_23_42_69_666
neat! I have the same coat as this person does! It's (I think) from a salvation army band uniform - probably 60 - 80 years old. Mine has the crosses on he sleeves (which I have embroidered little X's...
View ArticleBy: clockworkjoe
Meh. I'll take fashion that actually exists in the real world (The Sartorialist) over crazy-Harajuku people that only exist in Harajuku
View ArticleBy: Sys Rq
wow. i can see the americanization of japan at hand. but just like all other country's they take it to the nine and make it in a way look so much better then we do. What? Japan was "Americanized" sixty...
View ArticleBy: Josuh42
wow. i can see the americanization of japan at hand. but just like all other country's they take it to the nine and make it in a way look so much better then we do.
View ArticleBy: clearlydemon
It looks like skinny ties are in again. He was my favorite, that vintage kimono is great. What is he using as a bag?
View ArticleBy: Ghidorah
hoopo, I've been here so long, it didn't even leap out at me. Then again, I've got 3rd year JH students who can't even respond to 'good morning' without looking like they'll burst a blood vessel.
View ArticleBy: Joakim Ziegler
They look like gardening gloves. Did anyone notice there are a lot of the same people in these photos? Just days apart, but with wildly different outfits? It seems there's a handful of people who make...
View ArticleBy: dubitable
Wow, Tom Waits as a young Japanese hipster. What is up with those gloves, are those work gloves?
View ArticleBy: dubitable
Yeah I know--I used to live an hour outside Tokyo. I was making a (poor) "go to shopping" joke thinking the MeFi eikaiwa expats might get it. Oh. I know just enough about Japanese culture to be...
View ArticleBy: infini
Is it still cutting edge to be trend spotting by observing teenagers in Tokyo for future product development and design directions or have we moved on yet to some emerging markets yet?
View ArticleBy: Hoopo
Yeah I know--I used to live an hour outside Tokyo. I was making a (poor) "go to shopping" joke thinking the MeFi eikaiwa expats might get it.
View ArticleBy: dubitable
Um, Harajuku. Or did you mean which store? 'Cause I think there are a lot of little small shops in Harajuku all with different sorts of clothes catering to different styles (and price ranges...).
View ArticleBy: dubitable
Oh, reading that Wiki page I see that actually Momoko was into a subset of Gothic Lolita, "Sweet Lolita," and that the brand featured in the movie is a really brand: "Baby, The Stars Shine Bright." You...
View ArticleBy: dubitable
Kamikaze Girls seems like a movie version of these kids. Kamikaze Girls features one girl who is really into the Gothic Lolita look (which a sub-plot of the film revolves around in a hilarious way),...
View ArticleBy: Chrischris
Apparently, clown shoes (or shoes at least 3 sizes too big for one's feet) are going to be the next fashion trend... I assume its done to visually foreshorten the body (perhaps, in a nod to the...
View ArticleBy: jet_manifesto
Harajuku kids are awesome. Rich, vapid, and mind-crushingly boring to talk to, but awesome. They are a tiny spark of color in an increasingly anemic Japan drained of economic vitality. Friends are...
View ArticleBy: binturong
OMG. A search for Harajuku led me to this trend of light up smiles. The first vid clip on this link is both fascinating and a little horrifying.
View ArticleBy: Ghidorah
Unfortunately, my disdain has little to do with fashion, and more with having actively worked with young Japanese people for the last ten years. I've been assured that the situation is the same back...
View ArticleBy: flapjax at midnite
or is it with a sense of fun? Definitely sense of fun. These kids are all about the fun.
View ArticleBy: Sys Rq
Unfortunately, freedom of expression cuts both ways. Shit that dull don't do no cuttin'. Y'all oldsters don't want us to dig up some pictures of people looking stylishly silly in decades past, would...
View ArticleBy: maxwelton
This is pretty fun. Does this group of folks dress like this as something to be taken seriously, no laughing allowed, or is it with a sense of fun?
View ArticleBy: Ghidorah
tksh, the thing is, the Harajuku and Shibuya styles are just as expensive as the Ginza stuff. Sure, one or two kids finds something cast off or used, but then the trend watchers catch on, and the new...
View ArticleBy: tksh
Style Arena does weekly shots as well from Harajuka, Shibuya, and Omotesando, Daikanyama and Ginza. (Ginza's styles always make wonder how much those people spend on clothing and accessories,...
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