Not only in Japan but in world wide, New Pop Culture is continuously born in the world by young people.
There are many ways to know what pop culture is but on this blog, I will concentrate on fashion in Japan.
I would say that Japanese young fashion has some kind of different favor compared to foreign young people because
Japanese fashion has various ways to express their characteristics.
such as as you can look at this fashion store fake tokyo, they have some kind of punkish style.
on the other hand, haight and ashbury has old european sense of fashion.
so Why do they wear like these??
I think because they want to express what they want to look like, and what kind of music or sense they like by showing thier characteristics through fashion.
For example, In japan, models who used to be ordinary girls became models is a new way to become popular models.
AMO is a popular model in Zipper and Kera.
Although she was an ordinary girl, she became a popular model. and mainly popular among harajuku girls.
The way she expresses her characteristics is the great example of how common harajuku girls do.
because she likes fantasy, gothic, pastel colors, and classical things so as you can see from her blog, her fashion is exactly showing what she likes.
So I would say that japanese fashion is a useful tool to show what they like and what kind of person he/she is.
About the model who used to be an ordinary girl, are you actually talking about 読者モデル(dokusha-moderu) thing?
返信削除If so, I think you should explain what that means to non-Japanese-speakers, coz I believe you're absolutely right about how you consider fashion in Japan! :D
Yeah, I hear that those dokusha-models are kinda providing new possibilities of dressing to professional/non-professional people concerned in fashion.
hey rimi. thank you for your comment and support!
返信削除yes, im talking about dokusha models.
i will add another blog to explain what dokusha models are. :)
thanks!
Yeah, Japanese fashion can be pretty out there for foreigners at times. When you place it in pop culture, I see it in a whole new light!
返信削除hey avalos
返信削除yah I love they ways japanese girls wear their clothes too!
right, and their fashion is also loved by foreigners which is great.
This is a thought provoking post. I'm pleased that you chose to focus on one particular aspect of pop-culture here in Japan: Fashion.
返信削除I totally agree that most people adopt a fashion or style to make a statement about their individuality. But it's also kine of ironic that for most, these expression of individuality are usually a copy of someone else's style.
Thank you also for finding links that provided examples of social media such as blogs and twitter being used by fashion stores and models in your post.