I don't really like Japanese street style,
I find the colors too extreme, and they mix too many things together, always over-accessoried. some outfits look really trashy to me.
I pesonally perfer something trendy yet elegant
I think the Japanese OL style is nice, though.
You might be surprised Miss Purple but according to a friend who works there occasionally,the Japanese are actually considered pretty trendy. Unlike Westerners,who deem the big labels and the mainstream as trendy,they follow and treat indie and avant-garde fashion as such. From what I was told,they do everything their magazines says is cool and hip to a 't'. Not all of them but the majority.
Kind of ironic really,but however,I still find it admirable that they are so willing to experiment with unconvention. Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo,I think really changed the society of Tokyo and Japan as a whole by helping diversify people(women in particular) and getting them out of the hole of conformity.
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I love it! Especially the in the first set of pics, I love the ones on the right!
These outfits are so cool! I have always admired Japs for their amazing sense of style! I love how they layer their clothes without having to look stupid!
You might be surprised Miss Purple but according to a friend who works there occasionally,the Japanese are actually considered pretty trendy. Unlike Westerners,who deem the big labels and the mainstream as trendy,they follow and treat indie and avant-garde fashion as such. From what I was told,they do everything their magazines says is cool and hip to a 't'. Not all of them but the majority.
Anyone who follows magazines to a 't' (or even has that much time to read magazines) is assuredly not hip. Stylewise I'll not comment on them but as a man the one in the electric blue coat is the only one who I think looks attractive in the clothes she's wearing.
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Originally posted by Scott@Jan 1st, 2004 - 12:05 pm You might be surprised Miss Purple but according to a friend who works there occasionally,the Japanese are actually considered pretty trendy. Unlike Westerners,who deem the big labels and the mainstream as trendy,they follow and treat indie and avant-garde fashion as such. From what I was told,they do everything their magazines says is cool and hip to a 't'. Not all of them but the majority.
Kind of ironic really,but however,I still find it admirable that they are so willing to experiment with unconvention. Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo,I think really changed the society of Tokyo and Japan as a whole by helping diversify people(women in particular) and getting them out of the hole of conformity.
I admit that the way they dress is pretty much considered as "trendy", and it's cute, vibrant colors used, looks great on certain people, just that it's not really my style. I don't like it when TOO many colors, clothing and accessories mixed together and go too far. I really prefer something simple and elegant, great texture and cutting with a bit cool details (their OL style is one good example).
as far as I know, while they are playing with small things and unknown labels and make them look nice and trendy, they do follow big labels and mainstream. some girls even feel it's a shame for not having a LV (some of my Japanese girl friends told me about this). and yeah, they totally do what the magazines say.
Originally posted by MissPurple@Jan 1st, 2004 - 8:30 pm as far as I know, while they are playing with small things and unknown labels and make them look nice and trendy, they do follow big labels and mainstream. some girls even feel it's a shame for not having a LV (some of my Japanese girl friends told me about this). and yeah, they totally do what the magazines say.
they absolutely die for mainstream labels, fun part is that they have a very special style of 'adapting' mainstream like LV etc.
There can be lines and lines of people awaiting the new collections arrive, they 'camp' outside the stores from the night before in order to make sure they get their hands on their fave designer pieces.
Regardless their spending habits (mainstream or indie) Japanese are quick to adopt daring styles, even if straight out of a fashion magazine*..
OT:::: *this i don't find strange or 'japanese', lets admit it europeans (& americans) do adopt editorial looks without much thinking... not to say most follow ready made 'celebrity styles'
At least Japanese are more daring and look out with passion for 'unusual' looks .
I don't know if its fair to say that they are all especially stylish just because they are experimental with colour and show different patterns to those which Europeans and Americans do. Who is to say they are all not just following exactly what they see around them, even if that is something which we interpret as quirky simply because our tastes are usually more reserved and 'co-ordinated'? The longer they continue to dress that way and with the expanding of their drones, shopping for 'individuality' for them will become even easier until they, and their seeming creativity, are as prepackaged as other nationalities. If all our shops suddenly transformed into replicas of theirs we too would all begin to experiment in that way, especially if that particular 'look' is all that you see around you. As for saying it is one of the most fashionable cities in the world, (Tokyo), how could you really know unless you are familiar with both commercial and underground trading in every little city and then basing your decisions on both what the people wear and what they manufacture and market? Yes they do seem fashion conscious, but their country is also equipped with the economy to have every young person disposing vast amounts on attire. Imo, if they were as stylish as they are perceived, at least a hefty proportion of them would have been influenced by simplicity and western trends instead of just following the animated styles already established.
At least I think that japanese ppl are VERY daring, I mean, such experiments with style, color and stuff... I like it actually. Its cool, to some extend.
But what looks really good, are those old-fashioned japanese Kimonos on some girl with spiky (punky) hairdo and make up...
me too purple 
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