Japnese Streets and the Gothic Lolilita’s
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Japanese street fashion has always fascinated me not just because there are a lot of different subcultures but because of the range of style’s or subculture’s, one of these being the Gothic Lolita style. It is usually a combination of black and white, often black with white lace and typically decorated with ribbons and lace trims. Skirts are knee length and may have a crinoline or petticoat to add volume. Japanese culture places a higher value upon extremely youthful appearance and behaviour. Goth is a very minor subculture with few followers, partly because the emphasis upon visual identity in Japanese youth culture makes other factors such as music and literature less important signifiers and perhaps partly because Christianity and Germanic culture are not integral parts of society. More interestingly though a lot of these styles seem to have found their way on to or from the various catwalks, and i would like to know how much one influences the other.
Its just my opinion , but men’s fashion has not been on par with women’s fashion for a while, quite how long is hard to tell but from my estimation it seems to be for at least the best part of 40 years to give a rough estimate , while designers find it easy and necessary to experiment with the look and style of women’s fashion, men seem to be the opposite. The ideas, concepts and colours of men’s apparel and accessories are nice but not always varied, this is not neccesarily true for all cultures and countries, however i will say its more the standard in some parts of Europe and America. Looking at the catwalk collections for a number of designers showed very contemporary designs, but not as Avant-garde as the collection for women even with the same designer. There where a few exceptions Junya Watanabe below, came good and produced a collection that was both wearable and imaginative. John Paul Gaultier above was also in scintillating form, his collection was varied and techincally innovative as seen in the pair of denim’s above.