Tag: gothic

We met this darkly-styled Japanese guy and girl on the street in Harajuku. Their gothic-vs-traditional looks caught our eye. On the left is Kenta Ashi, a graphic designer. He's wearing a long jacket from Luv Maison over a white top

Meet Mizuki, a Japanese high school student that we ran into on the street in Harajuku. Even though her outfit might look Gothic/Harajuku-influenced on first glance, most of the brands she's wearing (with the exception of Putumayo) are based inside

The Marui One department store in Shinjuku is usually the haunt of Gothic Lolita girls and teenagers seeking glam-punk-rock style. But on this day (Saturday, February 26, 2011), the building is under siege by hordes of rabid anime fans, most

The Gothic Lolita fashion of Victorian-inspired lace skirts, parasols and doll-like makeup is no longer confined to fashion devotees milling about outside Harajuku station on a Sunday, or the pages of Gothic & Lolita Bible, the magazine which sets the

As we reported previously, the Japanese punk-inspired fashion brand Sexy Dynamite London suddenly closed their doors in September. That is undeniably sad news, but we have a little bit of good news to add to the end of that story.

Another of Harajuku's iconic youth fashion brands has shuttered. Earlier this year, we reported on the sudden closure of Bananafish. Now comes the news of the fall of the Japanese fashion brand Sexy Dynamite London. Affectionally called "SekuDai" by its

This cute 18-year-old Japanese girl was photographed on the street in Tokyo, not far from LaForet Harajuku. She is wearing an outfit made up of all three-word brands - Black Peace Now, Sexy Dynamite London, and World Wide Love. She

This friendly Japanese guy and girl were photographed in Harajuku. The guy's hair was insane - it was like colored dreadlocks mixed with electrical wiring and who knows what else. Not sure what he considered his style (gothic, industrial, punk,

A street fashion photo taken in Harajuku in the late summer of 2009. This photo is an example of the Harajuku punk/gothic style of fashion that you see lots of kids wearing around Takeshita Dori and LaForet. These two Japanese