Tag: punk

Here's an edgy 17-year-old Japanese girl named Kyuri. Kyuri's multiple piercings (including gauged ears and a nose piercing) definitely made her stand out from the Harajuku crowd. Kyuri is wearing a "Zombies From The Swamp" v-neck t-shirt dress from Kinji

Meet Tensei & Harasume, a super-colorfully dressed Japanese guy and girl we ran into in Harajuku. Their punk-gothic fashion, eclectic accessories, and cool hairstyles caught our attention right away! On the right, with awesome blonde hair, is Tensei Sugahara. He's

Here's a punky 18-year-old Japanese student with black hair and cool eye makeup who we ran into on the street in Harajuku. She told us her t-shirt - with a 1970s-punk-meets-Japanese-flag design - is from the Koenji indie fashion brand/shop

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

This is the one-and-only Li Lium. We've taken Li Lium's picture many times before - and he's been known to fans of Tokyo street fashion for several years - so we were delighted when we spotted him in Harajuku. Li

This is Kakegawa, a 22-year-old Japanese guy we met on the street in Harajuku. Kakegawa's look is inspired by 1970s and early-1980s hardcore punk. Kakegawa's outfit features several pieces from the Japanese fashion brand BlackMeans. BlackMeans are known for their

A few days ago, we reported on the opening of Le Baron's Tokyo Fashion Party Week. Now it's time to bring you a report from the closing bash. After four nights of non-stop music, fashion, friends, and fun, the grand

After the tragic events of the last month, it was a sign of great hope that sports, street demonstrations, hanami (cherry blossom viewing) parties and fashion shows took place over the last few days in Tokyo - a city desperate

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.

After bringing you several sad news stories from Harajuku recently - including a beloved brand closing down and a legendary Harajuku designer passing away - we wanted to assure you that the mood here is not all doom and gloom.