Tokyo, the busiest and costliest city in the world, is home to numerous fashion fads and trends. Japanese women are known to be traditional and conservative, but there are some exceptions, especially those who are young and living in the metropolitan and more fashionable areas of Tokyo. Japanese women’s fashion changed drastically. Japanese young women who live in the famous parts of Tokyo like Harajuku, Shibuya, and Akihabara are known for their wild sense of fashion. If you want to know more, you should read the list about some of the most famous, not to mention wildest, Japanese women’s fashion in this generation.
Lolita. If you see young women who are dressed like cute Victorian dolls in Tokyo, they are the ones who are more popularly known as Lolitas. Just like in Victorian era, Lolitas wear petticoats to increase the volume of their knee-length skirts. Their fashion includes lots of lace, child-like pieces of clothing and accessories like doll shoes, frilly blouses with sailor or Peter Pan collars, cute headdresses with lace, ornately designed and old-fashioned jewelries.
Kogal. These are the Japanese school girl. Japan is known for their cute uniforms for girls, and this became their inspiration for a new fashion fad. They are known for their love of shopping and anything branded. It has been said that they get their money from older men who pay them huge amounts of money in exchange for these young girls’ sexual services. In short, they resort to a new kind of prostitution to support their love for luxurious things. They are often seen wearing short school girl’s skirt, loose knee-length socks, and branded bags or scarves, while at the same time sporting dyed blonde hair and deep tan.
Ganguro. Another famous Japanese women’s fashion is Ganguro or the surfer girl look. This is most popular in Ikebukuro and Shibuya. They have bleached blond hair and deep artificial tan. They love to wear bright and colourful clothes, platform sandals or boots, and black and white eyeliners and fake eyelashes. Other typical accessories of Ganguro girls are tie dyed sarongs and hibiscus themed hair accessories.
Yamanba. This is a cousin of the Ganguro fashion. The name is after a Japanese mountain witch called Yama-uba. If you are asking why people would want to adopt a witch’s fashion sense, the answer is that is just how Japanese women’s fashion is. Wild and unpredictable. The Yamanba girls have very deep tan and white blonde hair. They wear white makeup—white eyeliner and white lipstick. They also love to wear colourful contacts and stuffed animals for their accessories. Their clothes are made of plastic and most of their accessories do not match what they are wearing.
Maid. The term maid usually has a derogatory meaning, but not wit Japanese women’s fashion. In the district of Akihabara in Tokyo, there are many cosplay restaurants, specifically maid cafes. You can usually see the maids wearing cute French maid or Lolita costumes in these cafes. They do not serve the food to the customers like typical restaurant staff or waitresses. They treat their customers just like how servants treat their house masters, sometimes kneeling on the floor or using elaborate languages.
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