It seems Harajuku was actually promoted by Gwen Stefani as a prototype for Japanese street style culture.
Under many names and resulting from numerous inspiration sources, the Japanese fashion sense couldn’t have been imported as such because it would have been too complicated for the average style consumer from the non-japanese-world.
For instance hereby are three pictures. All three of them fantastic and equally impressive. But two of them represent what it’s called cosplayers (the two red-headed).
Dressed like manga characters, the “costume players” tend to expand their inspiration to international films (such as Harry Potter), however I think that here it was all Japanese…But my favorite is the so called Harajuku (in fact, if you know what actual inspiration she’s representing, it would be useful to share) with the green hair and the fabulous eyelashes.
(via odditycentral, Wikipedia)
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I think she may be a cosplay too. Harajuku is an area in Tokyo where a lot of fashion store congregate and Harakuju fashion congregates various types of subcultures.
Hm.. This is the kind of style mess you get into when you’re practically an outsider.. It’s fascinating, all their inspiration, all their sources, all their final output, but it’s puzzling. So you think the green-haired one is inspired by some anime project too? At least she doesn’t look so warrior-like.
Kpriss, I think that beautiful fairy is anime inspired. Though not all Japanese fashion is Manga, Anime, Hentai inspired. It is often a mix too. Or speaks for itselfs. Even in Japanes movies long ago I came out the dark like: “Wow, what a great fashion!”
It is puzzling indeed. I think one has to visit Japan and especially Tokyo to really get it and to be amazed by these looks. Someone I know who lived and worked there for a year was and is still puzzling……
loove it its beautiful..their like walking breathing pieces of art!!! it compltely inspiritional !!! although nothing so eccentric and daring can be seen walking in the streets of america..we are lagging in so many areas >.< okay well maybe a few places anywho the cosplayers are flippin awesome and its a little bizarre but who doesnt love it i know i do..although im more into harajuku however cosplaying is defenetly an great opportunity for an individual to express their love and devotion to their favorite anime/manga characters..
I only wish there could be a way to call the character they’re impersonating choosing a certain outfit. Like a writing somewhere with the name of that character.. (of course then I would be presented with another problem - I’m a complete ignorant in any Asian language so I’d still would have no idea about what character inspired the outfit). It’s rather impossible to know all manga/anime, thus the characters within, I think that’s why all the confusion.
Or maybe one day harajuku and cosplay will blend into one style…
this is trully amazing.i am a harajuku fanatic.
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