森ガールってどこの森に消えていった？ Effects of deforestation; Where have all the Forest Girls gone?
If a forest girl is taken out of the forest, is she still a forest girl? Can one hand clap? Where DO all of those lost socks from the laundry go??? It’s these prodding questions that keep me up late at night. And speaking of forest girl…it seems she’s now living in something that looks
Some people still think Superdry is Japanese. Seriously… ◎ 幻的なでたらめジャパニーズブランド「極度乾燥しなさい」
I don’t know where to start. Especially since I had pushed “Superdry” out of the memory cortex in my brain so that I would never have to think of it again. Perhaps I’m jonesin’ to lay into it now because at New York Fashion Week this month someone actually asked me how well doing Superdry
男よりイケメンな女がモテる!? 海外も注目する「ボーイッシュ系」 Japanese girls as “boys” are more popular than the boys. The “Boyish-Kei” phenomenon
Japan takes “tomboy” to another level. What about females who dress as boys, talk like boys, are treated as boyfriends, and become famous as boys? It’s more than just pants and pressed collars and goes WAY beyond just being a fashion trend. It’s called “boyish-kei” (ボーイッシュ系 ) and it’s *fascinating*. 日本はトムボーイを進化させた？女の人が男として着飾って、男の様に話して、仕草なんてまるで彼氏。最終的に男として有名に？ただ、パンツをはいてきりっと衿付きシャツを切るだけじゃなくてファッショントレンドの上を行くそのファッションは、ボーイッシュ系と呼ばれる。うーん、魅力的！
海外コレクションがつらぬく話題性は東京でも通じる？ざわざわするNYCとパリ vs. シーンとする美の東京 Does “Buzz” Translate Into Japanese? Why the Tokyo Shows are too Quiet for Comfort While Western Shows Deafen
Rihanna at opening ceremony source Hear that buzz? It’s glorious, it’s fun, it’s exciting and it was all over the New York and Paris fashion week runways like the chicest car wreck you’ve ever witnessed. And some brands are going to be hugely popular and sell well because of it next season . Buzz is
理解も支持もできないトレンドがたまにある。今回は「ブスカワイイ」 The Beauty I Cannot Get Behind: “Ugly-but-cute” Busu Kawaii Trend
I don’t have to be a cheerleader for Japan and “like” EVERYTHING that comes out of it. Without constructive criticism we wouldn’t have evolution and nothing would change (and without evolution we wouldn’t have cronuts, iPad DJs and all-in-one dryer/washing machines. Who wants to live in a world without those?!) . So I watch the
叫び声があがる程のショック！衝撃的な「ビフォー＆アフター」のギャル読モのメイクテクをばらしたムック GET READY TO BE SHOCKED AND AMAZED. JAPANESE MODELS SHOW THEIR BEFORE AND AFTER MAKEUP FACES
There’s no way I can’t NOT talk about the S-Cawaii makeup book that shows just how much the dokumo girls’ faces change with heavyduty makeup. The most famous girl for this now is Ayano Saito and the transformation is just incredible: Her tutorial: これはどうしても話さなきゃって話題がある。読モの娘たちの顔を、メイクがどれだけ変えるのかってことを紹介している、「S-Cawaii: エスカワイイ」。この雑誌で最も有名なのは斉藤綾乃。とにかく彼女の、まるで整形を超えたメイクテクニックでのビフォーアフターが信じられないことになってる！ 彼女のテクニック公開: I mean…. WHOAH! Is there anybody who wouldn’t be
ねじってるなら、一風変わったなら、ゲロいなら、そりゃきっと可愛いから IF IT’S TWISTED, IF IT’S DEMENTED, IF IT’S DISGUSTING THEN IT’S SURE TO BE KAWAII.
Kawaii is an epidemic. It is everywhere. In my breakfast. On my nails. In my pro-vegetable commercials (see here). “Kawaii” has always been a part of the Japanese culture, and it sucked me in a long time ago, too (Hello Kitty seduced me with her big eyes when I was 10. Grounds for arrest!). But