Sunday, November 28, 2010

The art of being オシャレ

Word on the street is that Japan is trying to 'export' its fashion overseas. Stores like Uniqlo are popping up all over the globe, and this is hopefully just the beginning. FYI, Uniqlo has some sweet robes. Japan is finally realizing they have sweet fashion, and they are looking to profit from this. So help me, if Gyaru makes its way to America (and the ladies here drop a few pounds), I might go back to white girls...

Japan making money from its cool?? How sweet would that be? That’s like getting a job eating onigiri senbei or drinking chu-hai. Japan eats, sleeps, and breathes fashion. Its no surprise that Tokyo is one of the top fashion capitols of the freakin WORLD! It comes so naturally to Japan that if they pull this off, it will be amazing.

Unfortunately for Japan, this may be a tall order. If you’ve never been to Japan, the only fashion news you hear about is the weird stuff. Men dressing as maids; the weirdos on harajuku bridge, visual K, Lolita, etc. This kind of fashion is what us foreigners hear about first. I blame that Gwen Stefani tart for tricking us into thinking harajuku fashion is cool. I have 'no doubt' that she is a moron.

Harajuku: Japanese for WTF

If you have been to Japan, you'll know that people who dress like that, are also douches in Japan. There are just as many Japanese people as tourists taking pictures and eye balling the those goth lolitas. You will also notice that everyone in Japan spends more than 5 minutes on getting ready in the morning. I hope Japan exports this little tid bit as well.

Now that I'm done ragging on the odd 'styles', some of the best include:
Gyaru (of course), hippy, anything with stockings, and I can even get behind the latest Yama Garu. These Yama Garu (mountain girls) try to pretty up functional hiking gear and head for the mountains.

Nice! I'll be grabbing my short shorts and heading for the moun...screw it. I'll just take more pictures in Uniqlo...

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