Portfolio: Harajuku in Japan
Harajuku style exists since the early 1980s and became known outside Japan within the 2000s. Harajuku style is named after Harajuku Station in Tokyo. The first Harajuku style was made combining traditional Japanese attire and Western clothing which the young generation locals occupy the streets wearing its style. As these youngsters wearing Harajuku style, they wanted to convey the message of wanting to dress anything with any style as they wanted. Harajuku fashion style is a movement against the strict rules of dressing up and the pressure to fit normal pace. Now, Harajuku still remains as one of the fashion styles regardless of new trends in Japan.
Anybody can wear the style. Harajuku is a mix of well-known styles such as Gothic, Sweet, Cosplay, Gyaru, Lolita and mixing traditional clothing with western. Traditional Japanese clothes such as kimonos and traditional sandals have been remade with Harajuku style since the beginning. Kimonos being paired with the high-flat style of shoes while wearing a cute ribbon as a hair accessory being paired with custom hair color or wig. Custom made and self-made items are also good, retro and Vintage clothes can be included in Harajuku style as well. In Harajuku, more is more. So the more layers or more style, more fun to wear with as long as you are creative and wear what you wanted. Let your imaginations come into reality.
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