Brands: Spank

Japanese fashion fans living in Southern California have been lucky enough to see two major events take place around Los Angeles in the final month of 2011. The Sweet Streets art exhibition - featuring a popup shop by Tokyo fairy

This cute fairy kei-inspired girl is Natsuki, an 18-year-old student that we photographed in Harajuku. She told us that she's wearing a floral sweater from Kinji and a short eyelet-trimmed dress from Monascas Bananas. She's also wearing white tights printed

Many of you will recognize the person in these Harajuku street snaps as 18-year-old Hirari. We see Hirari often around Harajuku (she's hard to miss), and she has participated in the Harajuku Fashion Walk event more than once. In addition,

Here's Iku, a beautician from Harajuku's well-known salon Viva Cute Candy, in Harajuku. Viva Cute Candy is known for doing the styling of a number of Harajuku's most colorful street snap personalities and models, many of whom have appeared on

Here's Senon, a 20-year-old Japanese beautician we snapped in Harajuku. You might recognize Senon from previous snaps we've taken, or from her appearances in FRUiTS Magazine. Her style is unique, and she's definitely not someone you can miss when she

Sayuri Tabuchi, aka Tavuchi, is a well-known fashion figure in Tokyo. For years she's been running Spank!, a hugely influential store and brand based in Tokyo's Koenji neighborhood. Spank! and its Shibuya sister store Spank me! are perfect for those

Here's an 18-year-old Japanese student named Hikari who we met in Harajuku. A couple of the elements of her look - the pastel color pallet and the 1980s references - are commonly seen in fairy kei fashion. Hikari's outfit features

Here's someone that should be very familiar to regular readers of Tokyo Fashion - it's the always-fabulous Kumamiki! Kumamiki is one of the organizers of Harajuku Fashion Walk as well as being the designer of her own indie Japanese fashion

Here are two extra-super colorfully dressed pink-haired Harajuku-ites who you just might recognize - it's Kumamiki and Junnyan! Not only are they both regularly seen in Japanese fashion magazines, but they are also two of the organizers of the Harajuku

Harajuku is famous around the world for its colorful-crazy-and-fun fashion scene. Even in Harajuku, though, you don't often see a group of fifty girls and guys dressed up in candy colors (fairy kei, punk, Harajuku brands, handmade, Lolita & other