Extremes in Japanese clothing would be Harajuku(sp?) girls..............Like these!!


Every Sunday groups of mostly teenage girls gather in Harajuku to be hip, to be seen and to express themselves through what is known as "kosu-purei" (costume play). These young folks whose previous generation was known as the "Takenokozoku" (bamboo shoot tribe), get together with their friends in a ritual that might be best described as carnival, punk, SM, cross-dressing, Halloween and a circus freak show all rolled into one. The girls spend hours creating their costumes and putting on their faces, not unlike kabuki actors preparing for a show. Their purpose is to be as different as possible from anything that resembles the ordinary. Ironically it is all executed quite deliberately like clockwork at the same time every week, in the exactly same manner, in the same place...all in its proper context, much like the rhythm of mainstream Japanese culture. In fact, the various fashion styles even have names. For example, there is "lolita fashion" or the little girl look, "cyber fashion" or the futuristic look, and "visual fashion" or the look of imitating styles from popular music groups. And, like any other artistic form of expression, it mutates over time. Styles come and go quickly...what was once shocking no longer surprises anyone. Eventually the teenagers grow out of it and become properly-mannered "shakaijin" (member of society). But...it sure is a wild and crazy spectacle while it lasts!


But there are a lot of Japanese clothes that are really cute~

I think it's very unique. I would love to pull off the Harajuku girl look, but sadly I can't.

The style is very bold, whacky, and colorful. No one would dare wear that here.

We'd get funny looks. Gosh, they're so brave for doing that.

They're really cool-looking. But I don't think I'd look good in them.

i think it kicks ass...

I LOVE Japanese street fashion..

hey. i happen to love the gothic lolita and the japanese street fashion mm k? if i had the money, i'd dress that way.

i want to dress like those harajuku girls.

no offense but some of them look like bums ;x

based off of that site i liked the street style in Ginza&Omotesando.
buuuuut the more extreme stuff is pretty...eck.

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whoa! that is crazy! soooooo bright and flamboyant(sp?)!

wow... well if you can pull if off am sure you look hot. Me eww i would look ugly in them.

i saw the street japanese styles on ANTM... they're sort of cool, except for the makeup. it sort of looks clownish to me. i mean, imagine caking on ALL that makeup.. everyday...

(btw i like the first banner best )

holy shit i cant believe you dont like japanese street style. if you can puill it off then it looks awesome but if not... its kinda like girls with an afro or mohaws. kelis can pull off the afro some ppl DEFITEALY cant. and the girl on americas nezt top model can pull off a mowhak (expecially for an asian no offence, i'm asian) and some cant

I love the style. I really like babydoll lolita. In america, if you can go for a more relaxed lolita look. It's not all wicked crazy off the hook madness.

ha, I love their style. It's unique and fun.

some of it's really nice, some of it is trashy looking. Those ear things (the little cat ear things) drive me insane

Personally I been in love with it for the longest time...before it started to hit america. I really like how they mix and match clothing and make it actually look good. I could never pull it off, but props to them for having such unique style!

Well, to them, we might have weird fashion trnds, but just wait a couple years, their fashions will come here...but we all will edit it so we don't look too weird...

I'm not really sure about all this. I was look at the Tokyo Street Style Japan Fashion Association (the www.style-area blah blah) site and I dress like the girls in the Shibuya section, but in black and whites and sometimes stripes. I didn't realize it was a fashion trend. I really like the bright colors and neon hair, but its not something I'd wear simply because I need a good job and its hard to find a good job with green hair.