Turning Japanese – Fashion on the streets

There is something appealing about photos of people all dolled up in their finery. In the colourful new book Gothic and Lolita, the style shown is a subculture of teens – in doll-like regalia, Gothic splendour, and any number of idiosyncratic fashion variations.

Another delicious look at Japanese street fashion is Shoichi Aoki’s Fresh Fruits. Coco Chanel said the secret of fashion was to remove one accessory before facing the day – not a piece of advice followed by these fashionistas. Detail, in superabundance, is all.

For more information on Japanese street fashion try The Tokyo look book : stylish to spectacular, goth to gyaru, sidewalk to catwalk by Philomena Keet, and websites such as Tokyo Street style (fashion shots straight from the streets), Japanese Streets and Wikipedia which has a good intro to the style that is Gothic Lolita and Japanese fashion.