Tuesday, November 28, 2017



HARAJUKU IS NOT DEAD! OR IS IT?

By: Chioma E



Harajuku — Tokyo’s one-of-a-kind youth culture neighborhood — retains its long-held title as the center of Japan’s street fashion scene in 2017. 

One of the core elements of Harajuku in particular (and Japanese street fashion in general) is that it is ever-changing. Trends come and go at breakneck speed. New ideas are experimented with and discarded, often before they can even be properly named or documented. The speed of fashion in Japan is one thing that sets it apart from the rest of the world. No one expects a trend to last forever here. Nor can we expect 1990s fashion subcultures — no matter how iconic and loved they may be — to last forever.




Japanese street fashion has continued to be influential throughout Asia and around the globe. Look no further than the recent Louis Vuitton Kansai Yamamoto collection, Marc Jacobs controversial Harajuku inspired runway show, Rihanna’s Harajuku-influenced Fenty collection with Puma, and the breathtaking Comme Des Garcons exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New 
York.







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