Japanese Street Fashion

The fashion of Japan is blend of traditional and modern styles and trends. In fact, according to experts the fashion of this Oriental nation has evolved to what is popularly known as Japanese street fashion, with traces of the traditional Japanese clothing trends.

The street fashion trend began to take shape during mid-19th century, when the west began to influence the way the Japanese wore clothes. However, at that point, no one accounted for the fashion trends to be termed as street fashion. This term came into play much later. In fact, Japan’s final plunge into the genre of street fashion happened in the 21st century.

According to experts from the global fashion world, the term ’street fashion’ denotes the fashion wherein the wearer personally customizes the outfits in such a way as to adopt a blend of the current and traditional trends. These clothes are largely made at home with the material bought from the stores. Presently, in Japan this trend not only combines the modern with traditional, but also local with the west.

There range of styles include the extremely avante garde, as well as the Japanese gothic fashion. In fact, for an expert to zero on a particular predominant trend in Japan is rather difficult, as the contemporary general trend is rather individualistic, with each person making their own style statement.

In fact, one can trace the continuously changing Japanese street trends in the various issues of one of the leading fashion magazines in Japan – FRUiTS. This magazine is largely popular as it is considered as one of the prominent promoters of street fashion in Japan. Shoichi Aoki has made contributions to this publication since 1997.

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