2014 | Local fashion craze breakdown | TOKYO STREET FASHION NEWS

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NEO Bowling Style

The hit bowling TV show 『Bowling Kakumei P★LEAGUE』has led to a gradual increase in the popularity of bowling in recent years.
P★LEAGUE is different from traditional bowling TV shows in that it focuses on entertainment. The bowlers all wear fashionable clothing as well.
Usually professional bowl…

2014.12

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Master of Steampunk

The full-scale Steampunk event STEAM GARDEN started in Japan in 2012. In only 2 years, the size of the event has grown substantially with a considerably high level of fashion integrity. Over the past 2 years, Steampunk has gradually spread underground creating collaborations with other fashions su…

2014.11

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Underground Fashion 2014

In this installment, we are going to take a look at a few stylish people who wear the underground fashion we found at the ARTiSM MARKET well. The most common trend we found was Steam Punk styles. The quality of this fashion was high with plenty of variation. There was a wide variety of tastes inclu…

2014.10

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Shimokita Lovers

The fashion of those coming to Kitashimozawa involves styles common in both Kichijoji and Koenji due to this area being a popular cultural center including music and theater with many secondhand clothing stores in Shimokita. However, these styles are slightly more casual without being pretentious. …

2014.09

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Modern Girls: Japanese retro-modern

There has been a great deal of girls wearing retro and modern clothing on the street and in the clubs over the past 4-5 years. Many of these girls get their information from the Nihon Modern Girl Association which was established in 2007 and its representative director Kayo Asai. In the 1920s and …

2014.08

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Female to Male Crossdresser

The history of female to male crossdressing culture goes back to the Heian Period (794-1185). Women who looked good in men’s clothing were treated as idols from back then. Nowadays, it is not uncommon to see every day women’s fashion incorporate men’s items. However, this falls under the “masculin…

2014.07

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Bitao

The men’s fashion magazine BITTER introduced this fashion which combines wildness with a neat and tidy look. This style is known as Bitao men’s fashion and it is spreading around Shibuya, Omotesando and Nakameguro. This fashion gives off the appearance of styles worn by the members of the popular d…

2014.06

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Art-Loli (Artistic Lolita)

Lolita fashion has been evolving in recent years being divided into a pop sect and classical sect. Presently, both sects are gradually placing more emphasis on decoration. However, this trend is not limited to Lolita fashion and is common in all fashion styles. Classical Lolita styles are filled wi…

2014.05

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OKA-Casu (Okachimachi Casual)

The area around Okachimachi used to be a large entertainment district from the mid 1800s to the early 1900s with a great number of restaurants and booths thriving. From the mid 1920s, Okachimachi Station was built bringing in more military stores and shops with imported variety goods. After that, t…

2014.04

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NEO Gyaru

Neo Gyaru styles can often be seen on the streets nowadays. This style features a look with foreign traits and the fashion seems to be a mixture of Shibuya and Harjuku. Talking to actual Neo Gyarus, it seems they were Ko-Gyarus (little Gyarus) in high school and they naturally progressed to this pr…

2014.03

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Date Waru (Foppish bad boy)

Along with the popularity of the Neo Gyaru which mixes styles from Shibuya and Harajuku in women’s fashion, the fashionable men’s Gyaru-O style which infuses elements of Harajuku’s male hairstylist fashion and mode fashion has been increasing. This style features combinations of prominent colors ov…

2014.02

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Gothic & Lolita 2013-2014

Lolita fashion has the longest history as a Japanese original fashion style. In this history, various derivative styles were continuously born. However, the proper classic Lolita style and the sweet Lolita style with various different patterns and colors are currently the most popular styles with o…

2014.01

Local fashion craze breakdown 2014

NEO Bowling Style

Master of Steampunk

Underground Fashion 2014

Shimokita Lovers

Modern Girls: Japanese retro-modern

Female to Male Crossdresser

Bitao

Art-Loli (Artistic Lolita)

OKA-Casu (Okachimachi Casual)

NEO Gyaru

Date Waru (Foppish bad boy)

Gothic & Lolita 2013-2014