Japanese Street Fashion, wtf? Options

[GreenTze]

do any of you girl get what this stuff is? i googled this up just recenetly and the clothes look alright on girls. sure, there are those weird lolita goth things. but all in all its pretty good. but when i clicked on a couple of JSF clothes for guys they all look so... gay? well thats not the best word for it but it just looks really feminie.
so yeah. your thoughts on this type of clothes?
another question, i still dont get how to imitate this type of clothing without looking too weird. tips?

[lilnatcat]

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~