Harajuku Fashion
Harajuku. If you ask anybody outside of Japan what it means, they’ll probably say HARAJUKU GIRLS, thanks to Gwen Stefani. For those of you who didn’t know, Harajuku is no longer a name for a train station in Shinjuku, Japan. It’s more of an association to fashion that is of a league of its own.
While the fashion sense baffles some, it is definitely not for the faint hearted. Polka dots skirt with bold horizontal strips shirt, a pink flower pin and maybe army boots with whale bone anklets hmm… while it might sound like a fashion disaster to many, these harajuku fashion boys and girls actually pulls it off and look good. I think it’s all in the air of confidence people carry sometimes.
I thought maybe sharing this video, would give you a better idea on Harajuku fashion and maybe it might inspire you to become part of the harajuku-ers.
Frankly, I do not find the Harajuku fashion statement that appealing but maybe that is because I have been exposed to the harajuku-wannabes who have create such emotional distress in me that I cannot understand why they would want to wear something like that. But anyhow, I have come into terms with the fact that the world is filled with different people.
As you can see from the video, Harajuku fashion has a lot of influence from animes, mangas and video games (i.e. FF series). I can only think of ONE artist in Japan that portrays the harajuku fashion so vividly in his entertainment endeavors and his name is GACKT! He reminds of Squall sometimes from Final Fantasy 10. But this guy is a chameleon and he is known for that by his fans. I only know of him because of ex flatmate use to be crazy about him and the fact that he looks androgeneous just like every anime/manga character in the industry.
Take a look at this video and tell me if Gackt does not portray the Harajuku fashion well :-
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