Japanese Street Style #1

[Kerry]

Many girls wearing lolita in Japan and hk~

but are there any people wear it in european countries actually? ?___?

IMO, lolita isn't wearable at all , it's just like a kind of art

 

[orlem]

Many girls wearing lolita in Japan and hk~

but are there any people wear it in european countries actually? ?___?

IMO, lolita isn't wearable at all , it's just like a kind of art

You're right, lolita like this is never seen on people in the European countries. I've heard someone say that the teenagers in Japan, Korea, and HK are so oppressed in most areas of their lives, and clothes are one rare outlet to express oneself. I'm not sure how true this is because I haven't been there.

 

[travolta]

seraphelle, i think you might be on to something. it seems as if the english have a similar style of irreverent, deconstructed dress favoring the punk aesthetic such as vivienne westwood. camden town comes to mind.

 

[Melisande]

Hi Travolta and Seraphelle and Kerry, you are exactly right.

Gothic Lolita is not a fashion trend here, it's a very specific "movement" that's been around for...I think decades, in various forms. And yes, it is very true that these people go to Harajuku dressed in all sorts of gothic styles (wrapped head to toe in bandages, dressed as dark doctors, piercings all over, etc.) as an outlet to their "angst"; they openly admit it themselves. They have found a community there where they can share their hurt, sensitive, repressed selves with others who share the same feelings.

That's very observant of you Travolta, I think you are right; it is exactly a kind of punk movement. I think the English and the Japanese are so similar in many ways.

I also think it's a healthy and necessary outlet for a repressed country with the highest depression rate in the world...

So unless in very diluted forms and influences here and there, I doubt Gothic Lolita will ever become an all-out trend here, it's more an either you are one or you aren't kind of thing.

 

[breathe0xygen]

Recent ones from http://www.apparel-web.com/

 

[breathe0xygen]

same source more pictures... look at the pants. B)

 

[breathe0xygen]

these are from http://www.frontstyle.com/

 

[breathe0xygen]

inspiration...

 

[mirrra]

thank you, breathe0xygen!!!
the pictures, specially the 4th in the second row

 

[MulletProof]

i want that brown overall.


i wonder if breathe0xygen has ever been photographed?

 

[Kimkhuu]

Japanese street style is starting to scare me...... too mix and match for my taste... And I am so tired of mix and matching and OVERlayering.....

 

[breathe0xygen]

i want that brown overall.


i wonder if breathe0xygen has ever been photographed?

oh no, never in my life... I think you'd have to hang around a certain area to be photographed by these people. Harajuku, Omotesando, Ginza, Shibuya...
Sadly, I hardly even go to those places these days. Maybe some day

 

[Honey~Blade]

You should visit more often, so we can all see you in your glory

 

[Taylour72]

ya know, everyone thinks Japanese street style is a bunch of mix and match with really no thought in it, but it does hane a certain class to it, i've seen girls try to pull it off and their outfits just dont flow the way they're supposed too.

 

[utopia]

oh no, never in my life... I think you'd have to hang around a certain area to be photographed by these people. Harajuku, Omotesando, Ginza, Shibuya...
Sadly, I hardly even go to those places these days. Maybe some day

oh yes breathe, one day you must go and get some exclusive street style pics for tfs.

 

[JuiceMajor]

I Jap Style...they are so quirky and innovative in their dressing! True designer inspiration!!

 

[Honey~Blade]

cheers!

 

[softgrey]

Hi Travolta and Seraphelle and Kerry, you are exactly right.

Gothic Lolita is not a fashion trend here, it's a very specific "movement" that's been around for...I think decades, in various forms. And yes, it is very true that these people go to Harajuku dressed in all sorts of gothic styles (wrapped head to toe in bandages, dressed as dark doctors, piercings all over, etc.) as an outlet to their "angst"; they openly admit it themselves. They have found a community there where they can share their hurt, sensitive, repressed selves with others who share the same feelings.

That's very observant of you Travolta, I think you are right; it is exactly a kind of punk movement. I think the English and the Japanese are so similar in many ways.

I also think it's a healthy and necessary outlet for a repressed country with the highest depression rate in the world...

So unless in very diluted forms and influences here and there, I doubt Gothic Lolita will ever become an all-out trend here, it's more an either you are one or you aren't kind of thing.

very interesting and informative melisande...
thank you..

 

[fugfashion]

thanks for those awesome pics honey~blade

 

[Magne]

Ooh, nice pic of Ryuhei Matsuda!