Gwen Stefani turns me on
Gwen Stefani is obsessed with Japanese Harajuku kids, if her new CD is to be believed. She goes on about them quite a bit. I'd no idea what she was talking about - since Gary and I stopped dating a few years ago, my J-culture radar has withered on the vine (though if you haven't seen the Japanese TV phenemenon Hey! Spring of Trivia, you should totally check it out Thursdays on Spike TV).
It's easy to see why: Harajuku, named for it's stop on the train, is a section of Tokyo where ultratrendy kids go to see and be seen. Now, when I say trendy, I'm not talking Ugg Boots and Old Navy cotton fleece. These kids use fashion and facepaint as some kind of subcultural performance art. Everybody look like a Björk CD cover. There's elements of kabuki, anime, American hip-hop, British punk, Italian fashion, goth... There isn't a single neighborhood in New York that approaches this. Check out these pictures.
It probably really feels like 2005 there. Domo origato, Gwen!
2005. Gawd.
It's easy to see why: Harajuku, named for it's stop on the train, is a section of Tokyo where ultratrendy kids go to see and be seen. Now, when I say trendy, I'm not talking Ugg Boots and Old Navy cotton fleece. These kids use fashion and facepaint as some kind of subcultural performance art. Everybody look like a Björk CD cover. There's elements of kabuki, anime, American hip-hop, British punk, Italian fashion, goth... There isn't a single neighborhood in New York that approaches this. Check out these pictures.
It probably really feels like 2005 there. Domo origato, Gwen!
2005. Gawd.
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