Sunday, June 29, 2008

WORLD CALSS FASHION STYLE AMONG TEENAGERS WORLDWIDE

Tokyo street fashion is influnenced from many styles and subculteres from around the world. In the 80s many numbers of street performers and extravagantly dressed teenagers gathered around Omotesando and the street that gos through Yoyogi Park on Sundays when the roads were closed off to traffic. However they were again reopened to traffic in the 1990s, and teens stopped meeting there. Today there is a revival in the amount of young adults dressing up and hanging out in Harajuku, most of them now congregate on the bridge, across the railway tracks from Harajuku station to Yoyogi Park. Everything from British street punk fashion of the 70's, goth, and many other fashions from around the world have all moulded the teenage style in Tokyo today.

look guys i got listed for you all to explore about harajuku fashion more!!

Harajuku Fashion Online
Japanese style Visual Kei and Goth Lollita clothes. International.
www.metamorphose.gr.jp
Elegant Gothic Lolita Fashion Shop that ships around the world
www.inthestarlight.com
US gothic loli store that sell dresses, tops, skirts etc. Ships around the world
www.chicki.co.uk
UK online shop offering a wide variety of kawaii bags and accessories..
www.onatoko.com
Offers Japanese street fashion clothing tops, leg warmers, baggy socks, tees.
www.candyfruit.com
Japanese maid, cosplay & gothic lolita outfits.
www.babyssb.co.jp
Mail order Gothic Loli outfits that are delivered worldwide.

HARAJUKU JAPAN STREETS FASHIONS..

Harajuku (原宿) in Japan refers to an area around Harajuku train station. Harajuku style is a japanese fashion adopted by the teenagers and young adults in the area and its side streets which have many boutiques, trendy stores and used clothes shops

Japanese Harajuku Girls and Harajuku Style has been used to describe teens dressed in many fashion styles ranging from Gothic Lolita (also gothic loli) Visual Kei, Ganguro, Gyaru, Kogal, to "cute" Kawaii style clothing.

harajuku girls
Harajuku lovers may also be dressed as anime or manga characters or the movies (known as cosplay). Below we list the best online harajuku fashion stores and show you where to buy the very best in Japanese street fashion. The shops listed sell Japanese Harajuku fashion direct from Japan as well as from europe and USA.

japanese streets fashion!!

Supposedly, street fashion has become the most popular trend in Japan today. Great deals of young Japanese wear the outlandish clothes in large urban fashion districts such as Harajuku, Ginza, Odaiba, Shinjuku and Shibuya.

Lolita

GothicLolita
Main article: Lolita Fashion

The Lolita styles have many different "subcultures", such as: Punk Lolita, Gothic Lolita, Sweet Lolita, etc. They are always expressed as "GothLoli", "SweetLoli", "PunkLoli".

  • Gothic Lolita styles focus more on Edwardian pieces and darker colors. Big brooches, bonnets, and umbrellas are popular accessories. A popular style now is "Alice in Wonderland", with skirts, tops, accessories, bags all with playing cards on them.
  • Punk Lolita styles have a lot of plaid in the clothing. Chains, pearls, big bows patterned with plaid , lace, and lots of wristbands are popular accessories. The biggest model of PunkLoli fashions is Nana Kitade, a very popular singer/songwriter.
  • Sweet Lolita styles are inspired by baby doll clothing. A lot of pinks and whites and blues are used. Bows, lace collars, and stuffed animals are common accessories. Aprons are worn over dresses as to give the appearance as if someone had been baking. Hello Kitty is very popular with SweetLolis.

Kogal

Main article: Kogal

The Kogal subculture is characterized by young women, who display their disposable incomes through tastes in fashion, music and other forms of social activity. Most Ko-gals are in their last years of high school, or the beginning years of college. Kogals are very flashy-type women and the style is very similar to that of Ganguro.


Ganguro

Main article: Ganguro

The Ganguro subculture peaked popularity in the year 2000. The looks of Ganguro fashion consists of bleached hair, a deep or extremely pale tan, fake eyelashes, platform shoes and brightly coloured make-up and outfits. They wear mini-skirts, platform boots and ample amounts of bracelets, rings and necklaces. The Ganguro girls are usually accompanied by a small group and it is typical of a "Ganguro Gal" to show-off her cell phone covered with purikura, pictures from photo booths. [3].


Bōsōzoku

Main article: Bōsōzoku

The stereotypical bōsōzoku look is often portrayed, and even caricatured, in many forms of Japanese media such as anime, manga and films. The typical bōsōzoku member is often depicted in a uniform consisting of a jumpsuit like those worn by manual laborers or a tokko-fuku (特攻服), a type of military issued over-coat with kanji slogans usually worn open with no shirt underneath showing off their bandaged torsos and matching baggy pants tucked inside tall boots. Leather jackets, often embroidered with club/gang logos, and even full leather suits, are also seen as common elements of the bōsōzoku look. Items in the bōsōzoku attire consist of sunglasses, usually round or wrap-around, long hachimaki headbands, also with battle slogans, and a pompadour hairstyle, most likely akin to the greaser/rocker look, or perhaps because of the hairstyle's association with yakuza thugs. The punch perm is considered a common bōsōzoku hairstyle as well.


Elegant Gothic Aristocrat/Lolita

The style of Elegant Gothic Aristocrat/Lolita is based on the concept of androgyny and often has identical outfits for both men and women. The typical colors of the clothes are black, white and other dark colors, but sometimes may include light blue or light pink with black detailing. The main image is founded on elegance and simplicity where the clothing lines are usually simple and tight, with pants or long skirts that stand in contrast to the Lolita style. Dark, heavy makeup may be worn by both sexes.