Fashion Still Streets Ahead?
Source: www.accj.or.jp
Topic: Japanese Fashion
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Content Inside: 20 / ACCJ Journal / June 2006 June 2006 / ACCJ Journal / 21 As Tokyo trends draw global praise, locals slam creative dearth and commercialism. F ashion, along with food and gadgets, is one of the central pillars propping up Japans global reputation as a hip-and-happening megalopolis. Street style is the inspiration behind looks lowbrow and highbrow, from haute couture designers such as John Galliano and Karl Lagerfeld, to Sex and the City character Carrie Bradshaws kawaii getups. In their unregulated aesthetics, the youth of Harajuku and Shibuya create styles that earn indignation from their babyboomer parents, but applause from some of the global fashion industrys most influential names. Celebrity U.S. stylist Patricia Field flies into ...
