Ready To Face The Future
Right now, the influence of 60’s retro clothes might be seen everywhere. This year, Korean designers working in streetwear” motifs much like Gosha and Vetements are making names for themselves on the streets of Harajuku. The vintage style — which has no catchy identify but — looks like tremendous colourful grandma trend worn by cutely styled younger Japanese ladies.
Contemplating the speed at which traits, brands, retailers, and people come and go within the Japanese street fashion scene, an update is past due. And Olympic construction — where Tokyo-ites are generally directed a mile underground to exit major subway stations — has made Japanese avant-garde ephemera (platform footwear, diaphanous skirts) untenable for pedestrian life.
Like Dog Harajuku and different Tokyo boutiques stocking avant-garde and one-of-a-kind vogue, Chaos Market has cultivated a following among famous (and aspiring) Japanese idols and performers in search of stage costumes and assertion items to set them apart.
2016’s genderless kei boys — those we noticed on the road in Harajuku, not the TV personalities— were inspired largely by Korean makeup and wonder trends along with minimalist Korean vogue (numerous skinny jeans and t-shirts). FRUiTS Journal gave Harajuku youngsters inspiration by documenting probably the most artistic …